The superior man * * * in regard to his speech * * * is anxious that it should be sincere.

I followed my heart without breaking any rules.

Remember even when alone, that the divine is everywhere.

Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not unto others that you would not have them do unto you.

Learning, undigested by thought, is labor lost.

When I am with others, they are my teachers. I can select their good points and follow them, and select their bad points and avoid them.

Listen much, keep silent when in doubt, and always take heed of the tongue; thou wilt make few mistakes. See much, beware of pitfalls, and always give heed to thy walk; thou wilt have little to rue. If thy words are seldom wrong, thy deeds leave little to rue, pay will follow.