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.

The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!” (Analects 6.11)

Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

A superior man is one who is free from fear and anxieties

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come.

A happy union with wife and child is like the music of lutes and harps.