The Master said, A gentleman, in his plans, thinks of the Way; he does not think how he is going to make a living. Even farming sometimes entails 5 times of shortage; and even learning may incidentally lead to high pay. But a gentleman's anxieties concern the progress of the Way; he has no anxiety concerning poverty.

Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.

Coarse rice to eat, water to drink, my bended arm for a pillow - therein is happiness. Wealth and rank attained through immoral means are nothing but drifting clouds.

Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.

Let mourning stop when one's grief is fully expressed.

He who sling mud, lose ground.

Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone might be looking. Hear and you forget, see and you remember, do and you understand.