If my mind be not engaged in worship, it is as though I worshipped not.

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

Not knowing life, how can we know death? Why talk of spirits when you do not understand men?

If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children.

A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present? If he reach the age of forty or fifty, and has not made himself heard of, then indeed he will not be worth being regarded with respect.

For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. We should be careful indeed what we say.