Rotten wood cannot be carved.
Love makes a spot beautiful: who chooses not to dwell in love, has he got wisdom?
He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
A man living without conflicts, as if he never lives at all.
To rein a kingdom efficiently it is necessary, before all, to put into good order the family. It's impossible for a man who doesn't know how to lead his own family to know how to lead a country.
There is one single thread binding my way together...the way of the Master consists in doing one's best...that is all.