With the thorough implementation of these two concepts, a person may realize that "when internal scrutiny discovers nothing wrong, what is there to be anxious about, what is there to fear?"
這兩項如果把握得牢，體驗得真，就可以漸次達到「內省不疚，夫何憂、何懼」的境地了。人世現實的情況可以改變，典章制度也可以改變，但處世的基本原則和崇高的理想是不該改變的。求仁得仁，就可以無怨。