"If a man does not love his parents, he is not a man. If he does not respect his elders, he is not a man."

"He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature."

"The superior man has three things in which he delights, and to be ruler over the empire is not one of them."

"If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good."

"The sage is the instructor of a hundred generations. When the sage hears that he is still remembered, he is pleased."