"The Master said, 'I walk in the company of two other men, and I can always learn from them. I select their good qualities and follow them, and I correct their bad qualities and avoid them.'"

"The Master said, 'A man can enlarge the Way, but the Way cannot enlarge a man.'"

"When the wind blows, the grass bends."

"To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue... gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness."

"The superior man thinks of virtue; the small man thinks of comfort. The superior man thinks of the sanctions of law; the small man thinks of favors which he may receive."