Lead the people with administrative injunctions and put them in their place with penal law, and they will avoid punishments but will be without a sense of shame. Lead them with excellence and put them in their place through roles and ritual practices, and in addition to developing a sense of shame, they will order themselves harmoniously

The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?

He who remembers from day to day what he has yet to learn, and from month to month what he has learned already, may be said to have a love of learning.

If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others.

Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.

When you are laboring for others, let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity.