"The Master said, 'He who acts with a constant view to his own advantage will be much murmured against.'"

"The superior man is distressed by his lack of ability, not by the failure of others to recognize him."

"To govern is to rectify. If you lead the people by being rectified yourself, who will dare not be rectified?"

"If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand."

"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."