《菜根谭·修身》
做了好事总想着趁机抬高自己超过别人，给人一点恩惠总想着借此结交好友，做了点功德总想着让世人惊骇，树立气节又想标榜怪异显现奇特，这些都是好的思想中的不良倾向，也是追求义理道路上的障碍，最容易夹杂裹带，最难拔除的了。
为善而欲自高胜人，施恩而欲要名结好，修业而欲惊世骇俗，植节而欲标异见奇，此皆是善念中戈矛，理路上荆棘，最易夹带，最难拔除者也。
Always thinking of taking advantage of doing good things to elevate oneself above others, always thinking of making friends by doing a little favor, always thinking of shocking the world by doing a little merit, and always thinking of showing off one's integrity as being strange and unique. These are all bad tendencies in good thoughts and obstacles in the pursuit of the path of righteousness, which are most easily mixed and most difficult to remove.