Watch their actions, observe their motives, examine wherein they dwell content; won't you know what kind of person they are?

Rate the task above the prize; will not the mind be raised? Fight thine own faults, not the faults of others; will not evil be mended?

The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.

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?"

He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.

A workman who wants to do his work well must first prepare his tools.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.