The Master said, “The noble person does not promote someone solely on the basis of his words, nor does he reject someone’s words solely because of who he is.”
The Master sighed, “No one truly understands me!”Zigong asked, “Why is it that no one understands you?”The Master replied, “I do not blame Heaven, nor do I resent others. I study what is below and thereby penetrate what is above. Perhaps only Heaven truly understands me!”
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.”
5.15 Zigong asked saying, “Why was Kong Wen called Wen(‘The Cultured’)?”
5.9 The Master in discussing Zigong said to him, “Which do you yourself think is the better, you or Hui?”