To Find The Tao, There Is Nowhere

If I Were Travelling With Two Partners, One Virtuous And One Dishonest, Both Would Be Useful As Teachers. I Would Perceive What's Good Of The First One And I Would Imitate Him Whereas I Would Try To Correct In Me The Defects I May See In The Second One.

If You Did Not Do So For The Sake Of Riches,you Must Have Done So For The Sake Of Novelty.

The Man Who In View Of Gain Thinks Of Righteousness; Who In The View Of Danger Is Prepared To Give Up His Life; And Who Does Not Forget An Old Agreement However Far Back It Extends - Such A Man May Be Reckoned A Complete Man.

When A Man Comes To Me, I Accept Him At His Best, Not At His Worst. Why Make So Much Ado? When A Man Washes His Hands Before Paying A Visit, And You Receive Him In That Clean State, You Do Not Thereby Stand Surety For His Always Having Been Clean In The Past.

We Can Know A Person By Observing His Behaviour, Understanding The Reasons For His Actions And Ascertaining His Intentions. If We Do This, How Can We Not Know Him?