Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.

The Way is not for, but from, man; if we take the Way as something superhuman, beyond man, this is not the real Way.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

Time flows away like the water in the river.

It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.

Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety.

One who can move mountains start with the little stones.