To throw oneself into strange teachings is quite dangerous.

Among the appliances to transform the people, sound and appearances are but trivial influences.

Balance is the perfect state of still water. Let that be our model. It remains quiet within and is not disturbed on the surface.

It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife

To give oneself ernestly to securing righteousness and justice among the people, and while respecting the gods and demons, to keep aloof from them, that may be called wisdom.

Some are born with knowledge, some derive it from study, and some acquire it only after a painful realization of their ignorance. But the knowledge being possessed, it comes to the same thing. Some study with a natural ease, some from a desire for advantages, and some by strenuous effort. But the achievement being made, it comes to the same thing.

The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.