Throughout the "Analects", Confucius's students frequently request that Confucius define "ren" and give examples of people who embody it, but Confucius generally responds indirectly to his students' questions, instead offering illustrations and examples of behaviours that are associated with "ren" and explaining how a person could achieve it. According to Confucius, a person with a well-cultivated sense of "ren" would speak carefully and modestly ("Analects" 12.3); be resolute and firm ("Analects" 12.20), courageous ("Analects" 14.4), free from worry, unhappiness, and insecurity ("Analects" 9.28; 6.21); moderate their desires and return to propriety ("Analects" 12.1); be respectful, tolerant, diligent, trustworthy and kind ("Analects" 17.6); and love others ("Analects" 12.22). Confucius recognized his followers' disappointment that he would not give them a more comprehensive definition of "ren", but assured them that he was sharing all that he could ("Analects" 7.24).