It's only in winter that the pine and cypress are known to be evergreens.

Who expects to be able to go out of a house except by the door? How is it then that no one follows this Way of ours?

Earnest in practicing the ordinary virtues, and careful in speaking about them, if, in his practice, he has anything defective, the superior man dares not but exert himself; and if, in his words, he has any excess, he dares not allow himself such license.

The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous.

If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one's entire life, perhaps it would be 'thoughtfulness.

The way of Heaven and Earth may be completely declared in one sentence: They are without any doubleness, and so they produce things in a manner that is unfathomable.

The Master said, "To study, and then in a timely fashion to practice what you have learned - is this not satisfying? To have companions arrive from afar - is this not a joy? To remain unrecognized by others and yet remain free of resentment - is this not the mark of the gentleman?"