Righteousness lies in not favoring power and disregarding its benefits. ——"Xunzi? Honor and Disgrace"

Excessive desires harm righteousness, and excessive worries harm wisdom. ——Liu An

A person’s home is safe; righteousness is his right path. Living in a deserted house, abandoning the right path and not being able to follow it, what a pity! ——Mencius

A gentleman is committed to righteousness but not interested in profit. He is quick to do things but cautious in speaking. ——Lu Jia

Benevolence is never far away, and duty is never shunned. ——"Book of Han"

If you see profit, you will not lose your righteousness; if you see death, you will not guard it. ——"Book of Rites? Confucianism"

Those who do many unjust things will surely die. —— "Zuo Zhuan"

Failure to do what is right is not courageous. —— "The Analects of Confucius"

Enjoy the wonderful articles and analyze the doubts. ——Tao Yuanming

A gentleman is known as righteousness, and a villain is known as benefit. ——Confucius

Life is what I want; righteousness is also what I want; you cannot have both, and you must sacrifice life for righteousness. —— Meng Ke

If you don’t drink the turbid spring water, you will never rest in the shade of bent trees. If you meet someone who is unrighteous, you will be rewarded with tens of millions of gold in excrement. ——Bai Juyi

Those who want to conquer righteousness will obey, and those who want to conquer righteousness will be cruel.

——"The Book of Rites of Great Dai"