What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
We should not be too familiar with the lower orders or with women.
The superior man is intelligently, not blindly, faithful.
When young, beware of fighting; when strong, beware of sex; and when old, beware of possession.
You do not understand even life. How can you understand death?
The gentleman calls attention to the good points in others; he does not call attention to their defects. The small man does just the reverse of this.
There are three degrees of filial piety. The highest is being a credit to our parents, the second is not disgracing them; the lowest is being able simply to support them.
Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it.
To know and not do, is to not yet know.
The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.
There are three unfilial acts: the greatest of these is the failure to produce sons.
There are not the weeds the ones that drown the good seed, but the negligence of the peasant.
We should worship as though the deity were present.
The superior man loves his soul; the inferior man loves his property.
Love is like a spice. It can sweeten your life - however, it can spoil it, too.
A wise man seeks by music to strengthen his soul: the thoughtless one uses it to stifle his fears.
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.
If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.
Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.
The object of the superior man is truth.
Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!
Humankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.
Respect yourself and others will respect you.
Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.
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