A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child.

It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.

If proper in their own conduct, what difficulty would they have in governing? But if not able to be proper in their own conduct, how can they demand such conduct from others?

I saw some piglets suckling their dead mother. After a short while they shuddered and went away. They had sensed that she could no longer see them and that she wasn't like them any more. What they loved in their mother wasn't her body, but whatever it was that made her body live.

In a State, pecuniary gain is not to be considered to be prosperity, but its prosperity will be found in righteousness.

A man is great not because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him.

When people are educated, the distinction between classes disappears.