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

Teachers open the door ... you enter by yourself.

The gentleman calls attention to the good points in others; he does not call attention to their defects. The small man does just the reverse of this.

The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!” (Analects 6.11)

The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?

He who is harmony with Nature hits the mark without effort and apprehends the truth without thinking.

A gentleman considers what is right; the vulgar consider what will pay.