Make fair agreements and stick to them

He who needs only coarse food, water and drink, and as pillow his folded arms will find happiness without further search.

Guide them by edicts, keep them in line with punishments, and the common people will stay out of trouble but will have no sense of shame. Guide them by virtue, keep them in line with the rites, and they will, besides having a sense of shame, reform themselves.

The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. If you are generous, you will gain everything.

All things are already complete in oneself.

To become a leader, you must first become a human being