Don't worry if people don't recognize your merits; worry that you may not recognize theirs.

Those who are firm, enduring, simple and unpretentious are the nearest to virtue.

Chi Wen Tzu always thought three times before taking action. Twice would have been quite enough.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

The gods should certainly be revered, but kept at a distance... . The way is not beyond man; he who creates a way outside of man cannot make it a true way. A good man is content with changing man, and that is enough for him.

There are those men who say to repay evil with kindness. But I say, how then are we to repay kindness? Repay kindness with kindness, but repay evil with justice.

A lion chased me up a tree, and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top.