Of neighborhoods, benevolence is the most beautiful. How can the man be considered wise who when he had the choice does not settle in benevolence.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

The Master said of Gong Yechang, “He is marriageable. Although he was once imprisoned and branded as a criminal, he was in fact innocent of any crime.” The Master gave him his daughter in marriage. (Analects 5.1)

I followed my heart without breaking any rules.

In a State, pecuniary gain is not to be considered to be prosperity, but its prosperity will be found in righteousness.

If there were an honorable way to get rich, I’d do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with a whip. But there isn’t an honorable way, so I just do what I like.

When words lose their meaning, people lose their liberty.