The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.

Tzu Chang asked Confucius about jen. Confucius said, "If you can practice these five things with all the people, you can be called jen." Tzu Chang asked what they were. Confucius said, "Courtesy, generosity, honesty, persistence, and kindness. If you are courteous, you will not be disrespected; if you are generous, you will gain everything. If you are honest, people will rely on you. If you are persistent you will get results. If you are kind, you can employ people.

If I hold up one corner of a square and the student cannot workout the other three for himself, I won't go any further.

Bird in hand makes it harder to blow nose.

Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption.

The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism.

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.