Confucius — "To go too far is as bad as to fall short."

"I have not seen a man who loves benevolence, or one who hates what is not benevolent. A man who loves benevolence will not place anything above it. A man who hates what is not benevolent will practice…"

"The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it."

"A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?"

"The Master said, 'A man who is not a man of benevolence—what has he to do with ceremonies? A man who is not a man of benevolence—what has he to do with music?'"

"It is man that can make the Way great, and not the Way that can make man great."