The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.

Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive.

I do not enlighten those who are not eager to learn, nor arouse those who are not anxious to give an explanation themselves. If I have presented one corner of the square and they cannot come back to me with the other three, I should not go over the points again.

If you know, say you know. If you don't know, say you don't know.

Not too isolated, not too many relationships, the middle, that's wisdom.

There is one single thread binding my way together...the way of the Master consists in doing one's best...that is all.

All things are nourished together without their injuring one another. The courses of the seasons, and of the sun and moon, are pursued without any collision among them. The smaller energies are like river currents; the greater energies are seen in mighty transformations. It is this which makes heaven and earth so great.