8.18The Master said, “Sublime were Shun and Yu! All that is under Heaven was theirs, yet they remained aloof from it.”
8.17The Master said, “Learn as if you were following someone whom you could not catch up, as though it were someone you were frightened of losing.”
8.16The Master said, “Impetuous, but tricky! Ingenuous, but dishonest! Simple-minded, but capable of breaking promises! To such men I can give no recognition.”
8.13The Master said, “Be of unwavering good faith, love learning, if attacked be ready to die for the good Way. Do not enter a State that pursues dangerous courses, nor stay in one where the people have rebelled. When the Way prevails under Heaven, then show yourself; when it does not prevail, then hide.…
8.12 The Master said, “One who will study for three yearsWithout thought of rewardWould be hard indeed to find.”