I am a communist because I believe that the Communist idea is a state form of Christianity.

A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.

To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.

Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.

Human nature is what Heaven supplies.

Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.

If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?

Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.

Pride and excess bring disaster for man.

The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.

Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order.

Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry, to want to warm up when cold, to want to rest when tired. These all are a part of people's emotional nature.

Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die.

Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles.

Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into quarrels and conflicts, and go against the conventions and rules of society, and will end up a criminal.

Thus, that one can find no place to walk through the breadth of the earth is not because the earth is not tranquil but because the danger to every step of the traveler lies generally with words.

When a man sees something desirable, he must reflect on the fact that with time it could come to involve what is detestable. When he sees something that is beneficial, he should reflect that sooner or later it, too, could come to involve harm.

The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.

A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.