Related:

• The superior man thinks of virtue; the small man thinks of comfort.
  ... -- Confucius (K'ung tsze or Kung Fu Tse) (551-479 BCE)...
• The superior man has neither anxiety nor fear.
  -- Confucius (K'ung tsze or Kung Fu Tse) (551-479 BCE)...
• Have no friends not equal to yourself.
  -- Confucius (K'ung tsze or Kung Fu Tse) (551-479 BCE)...
• Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that carry them apart.
  -- Confucius (K'ung tsze or Kung Fu Tse) (551-479 BCE)...
• We don't know yet about life, how can we know about death?
  -- Confucius (K'ung tsze or Kung Fu Tse) (551-479 BCE)...
• The absolute truth is indestructible. Being indestructible, it is eternal.
  Being eternal, it is self-existent. Being self-existent, it is infinite....
• One who is by nature daring and is suffering from poverty will not long be lawful.
  Indeed, any man, save those that are truly Good, if their sufferings are very great, will be likely to rebel....
• He does not preach what he practices until he has practiced what he preaches.
  -- Confucius (K'ung tsze or Kung Fu Tse) (551-479 BCE)...
• In vain have I looked for one whose desire to build up his moral power was as strong as sexual desire.
  Confucius (K'ung tsze or Kung Fu Tse) (551-479 BCE)...