You will never know how sharp a sword is unless it's drawn from its sheath

If Language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant. If what is said is not what is meant, then what ought to be done, remains undone.

The highest kind of man is the one who does before talking and practices what he professes.

The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism.

A good man is not mine to see. Could I see a man possessed of constancy, that would satisfy me.

The Master said, "Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not abide them. Poverty and disgrace are things that all people hate, and yet unless they are avoided in the proper way I will not despise them. If the gentleman abandons ren, how can he be worthy of that name? The gentleman does not violate ren even for the amount of time required to eat a meal. Even in times of urgency or distress, he does not depart from it."

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