Confucius — "When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them."

"The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills."

"The Master said, 'I walk in the company of two other men, and I can always learn from them. I select their good qualities and follow them, and I correct their bad qualities and avoid them.'"

"The Master said, 'The superior man is universally benevolent, and not partisan. The mean man is partisan, and not universally benevolent.'"

"First he behaves properly and then he speaks, so that his words follow his actions."

"The superior man does not even for the space of a single meal act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it."