The superior man is universally minded and no partisan. The inferior man is a partisan and not universal.

A superior man may be made to go to the well, but he cannot be made to go down into it. He may be imposed upon, but he cannot be fooled.

Humanity is the equity of the heart.

In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the target, he turns round and seeks for the cause of his failure in himself.

The demands that a great man makes are on himself; those of a petty man are upon others.

Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.

If you yourself desire establishment, then help others to get establishment; if you yourself want success, then help others to attain success.