If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.

Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.

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

But if you do not have the Tao yourself, what business have you spending your time in vain efforts to bring corrupt politicians into the right path?

If I do not participate in the sacrifice, it is as if I did not sacrifice at all.

You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.

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.