When you serve your mother and father it is okay to try to correct them once in a while. But if you see that they are not going to listen to you, keep your respect for them and don't distance yourself from them. Work without complaining.

The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this.

The Superior Man has nothing to compete for. But if he must compete, he does it in an archery match, wherein he ascends to his position, bowing in deference. Descending, he drinks the ritual cup.

To be in one's own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the nature of righteousness

The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.

The wise man admires water, the kind man admires mountains. The wise man moves, the kind man rests. The wise man is happy, the kind man is firm.

A person of character takes as much trouble to discover what is right as the lesser men take to discover what will pay.