Again, "The superior man can be high without being haughty. The inferior man can be haughty if not high."
"The firm, the unflinching, the plain and simple, the slow to speak," said he once, "are approximating towards their duty to their fellow-men."
Tsz-lu asked how he would characterize one who might fitly be called an educated gentleman. The master replied, "He who can properly be so-called will have in him a seriousness of purpose, a habit of controlling himself, and an agreeableness of manner: among his friends and associates the seriousness and the self-control, and among his brethren the agreeableness of manner."
"Let good and able men discipline the people for seven years," said the Master, "and after that they may do to go to war."
But, said he, "To lead an undisciplined people to war—that I call throwing them away."
BOOK XIV
Good and Bad Government—Miscellaneous Sayings
Yuen Sz asked what might be considered to bring shame on one.