Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

If the search for riches were sure to be successful, though I should become a groom with a whip in my hand to get them, I will do so. As the search may not be successful, I will follow after that which I love.

Know what you know and know that you don't know what you don't know — that is the characteristic of one who knows.

Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.

I never really said all those things I said

In a hamlet of ten households, there are bound to be those who are my equal in doing their best for others and in being trustworthy in what they say, but they are unlikely to be as eager to learn as I am.

Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.