To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

Unify your attention. Do not listen with your ears, but with your mind. Do not listen with your mind but with your essence.

By gaining the people, the kingdom is gained; by losing the people, the kingdom is lost.

If language is not rectified, words do not correspond to meaning, and if words do not correspond to meaning, our deeds cannot be accomplished.

People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.

To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare to remain incorrect?

To prefer it is better than to only know it. To delight in it is better than merely to prefer it.