Sincerity becomes apparent. From being apparent, it becomes manifest. From being manifest, it becomes brilliant. Brilliant, it affects others. Affecting others, they are changed by it. Changed by it, they are transformed. It is only he who is possessed of the most complete sincerity that can exist under heaven, who can transform.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

To know your faults and be able to change is the greatest virtue.

With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of all these things.

It's only in winter that the pine and cypress are known to be evergreens.

he who will not economize will agonize

A person of character takes as much trouble to discover what is right as the lesser men take to discover what will pay.