The Green Reed Which Bends In The

When We Have Intelligence Resulting From Sincerity, This Condition Is To Be Ascribed To Nature; When We Have Sincerity Resulting From Intelligence, This Condition Is To Be Ascribed To Instruction. But Given The Sincerity, And There Shall Be The Intelligence; Given The Intelligence, And There Shall Be The Sincerity.

You Will Never Know How Sharp A Sword Is Unless It's Drawn From Its Sheath

Wealth And Rank Are What Men Desire, But Unless They Be Obtained In The Right Way They May Not Be Possessed. Poverty And Obscurity Are What Men Detest; But Unless Prosperity Be Brought About In The Right Way, They Are Not To Be Abandoned.

The Superior Man Accords With The Course Of The Mean. Though He May Be All Unknown, Unregarded By The World, He Feels No Regret - It Is Only The Sage Who Is Able For This.

Virtue Is Not Left To Stand Alone. He Who Practices It Will Have Neighbors.