贤贤易色;事父母能竭其力;事君能致身;与朋友交言而有信。虽曰未学,吾谓之学矣。
尊崇贤人,不重女色;孝敬父母能够尽心尽力;侍奉君主能够舍生忘死;与朋友交往能够做到说话讲信用。这样的人,虽然说没有学习过做人的道理,但我却认为他学过了。
The true way is along a rope that is not spanned high in the air, but just above the ground. It seems intended more to cause stumbling than to be walked upon.
You can only find out what you actually believe (rather than what you think you believe) by watching how you act. You simply don’t know what you believe, before that. You are too complex to understand yourself.
You have to be able to admit when you're wrong and move on.
The first lesson reading teaches is how to be alone.