A man should practice what he preaches, but a man should also preach what he practices.

There are three degrees of filial piety. The highest is being a credit to our parents, the second is not disgracing them; the lowest is being able simply to support them.

The most beautiful sight in the world is a little child going confidently down the road of life after you have shown him the way.

The failure to cultivate virtue, the failure to examine and analyze what I have learned, the inability to move toward righteousness after being shown the way, the inability to correct my faults-these are the causes of my grief.

Riches and honor are what everyone desires, but if they can be gained only by doing evil, they must not be held. Don't worry about not being in office, worry about qualifying yourself for office. Don't worry that no one knows you, but seek to be worthy of being known.

If my mind be not engaged in worship, it is as though I worshipped not.

Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.