Learning Without Thought Is Labour

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 Wise Find Pleasure In Water; The Virtuous Find Pleasure In Hills. The Wise Are Active; The Virtuous Are Tranquil. The Wise Are Joyful; The Virtuous Are Long-lived.

Fine Words And An Insinuating Appearance Are Seldom Associated With True Virtue.

Is There Any One Maxim Which Ought To Be Acted Upon Throughout One's Whole Life? Surely The Maxim Of Loving Kindness Is Such: Do Not Unto Others What You Would Not They Should Do Unto You.

Even If I Could, I Would Not Exahnge Their Virtues For My Own. And That Is Why They Are Intent On Learning From Me.