He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.

A good man regards the root; he fixes the root, and ail else flows out of it. The root is filial piety; the fruit brotherly love.

The superior man honors his virtuous nature, and maintains constant inquiry and study, seeking to carry it out to its breadth and greatness, so as to omit none of the more exquisite and minute points which it embraces, and to raise it to its greatest height and brilliancy.

Wisdom, humanity & courage, these three are universal virtues. The way by which they are practiced are one.

A country of a thousand war-chariots cannot be administered unless the ruler attends strictly to business, punctually observes his promises, is economical in expenditure, loves the people, and uses the labor of the peasantry only at the proper times of year.

If a superior man abandon virtue, how can he fulfil the requirements of that name?

When you have become one with the Great Universal, you will have no partiality, and when you are part of the process of transformation, you will have no rigidity.