Teachers open the door ... you enter by yourself.

The object of the superior man is truth.

If the people are governed by laws and punishment is used to maintain order, they will try to avoid the punishment but have no sense of shame. If they are governed by virtue and rules of propriety are used to maintain order, they will have a sense of shame and will become good as well.

Clever talk and domineering manner have little to with being a Man at His Best.

If names are not correct, then language is not in accord with the truth of things. If language is not in accord with the truth of things, then affairs cannot be carried out successfully.

Wisdom is rooted in watching with affection the way people grow.

We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves