Confucius said, “Be dutiful at home, brotherly in public; be discreet and trustworthy, love all people, and draw near to humanity. If you have extra energy as you do that, then study literature.” - 1:7

Confucius said, “It is beautiful to make humaneness one’s home. If you do not choose to dwell in humaneness, how can you attain knowledge?” - 4:1

Confucius said. “Good people should be slow to speak and quick to act.” - 4:24

A disciple said, ” If one can be generous to the people and can help the masses, how would that be? Could it be called humaneness?”

Confucius said, “One would not only be humane; one would surely be a sage. Even (thelegendary wise kings) Yao and Shun had trouble doing this.”

- 6:30

Confucius said, “Cultivated people foster what is good in others, not what is bad. Petty people do the opposite.” - 12:16

Confucius said, “Put service first and then gain after; is this not elevating virtue? Attack your own evils, not those of others; is this not purging evil?” - 12:21

Confucius said, “Cultivated people make justice their sustenance, and carry it out in an orderly manner; they set it forth with humility, and actualize it by faithfulness.” - 15:18