If you can remain calm when the people around you all become frantic and accuse you,
If you can believe in yourself, even when everyone doubts you—let them doubt,
If you endure waiting without growing weary from the wait, or suffer deception without retaliating with lies, or face hatred without striking back with hatred; if you can maintain your composure despite disappointment, and also remain genuine (without excessive flattery)…
If you can converse with common folk with courtesy, or walk alongside a king—without being overly subservient,
If both enemies and close friends cannot harm you;
If you care for everyone, yet are not dependent on any single person,
If in the minute you want to vent your anger, you go for a sixty-second run, the earth and all things upon it will belong to you, and more importantly, you will be a true man, my child!
If you can combine a collection of patterned knowledge and answer one “why” after another, you will be able to think better. The same principle applies: if you always tell people things by explaining the reason, they will understand what you say more deeply, they will value what you say more, and they will be more inclined to follow what you say. Even if they don’t understand your reason, they will be more inclined to listen to you.