"The Master said, 'The superior man is universally benevolent, and not partisan. The mean man is partisan, and not universally benevolent.'"

"To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge."

"What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others."

"First he behaves properly and then he speaks, so that his words follow his actions."

"The funniest thing is that I am often asked to arbitrate disputes, but I am no judge. I just make people agree to disagree. It works surprisingly often."