One Joy Dispels A Hundred

The Superior Man Is All-embracing And Not Partial. The Inferior Man Is Partial And Not All-embracing.

At 15 I Set My Heart On Learning; At 30 I Firmly Took My Stand; At 40 I Had No Delusions; At 50 I Knew The Mandate Of Heaven; At 60 My Ear Was Attuned; At 70 I Followed My Heart's Desire Without Overstepping The Boundaries Of Right.

If Doing What Ought To Be Done Be Made The First Business And Success A Secondary Consideration--is Not This The Way To Exalt Virtue?

What You Do Not Wish Upon Yourself, Extend Not To Others.

The Superior Man, While His Parents Are Alive, Reverently Nourishes Them; And, When They Are Dead, Reverently Sacrifices To Them. His Thought To The End Of His Life Is How Not To Disgrace Them.