Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

When strict with oneself, one rarely fails.

The man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks.

You cannot open a book without learning something.

A knight whose heart is set upon the Way, but who is ashamed of wearing shabby clothes and eating coarse food, is not worth calling into counsel.

First there must be order and harmony within your own mind. Then this order will spread to your family, then to the community, and finally to your entire kingdom. Only then can you have peace and harmony.

Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.