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

The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear.

Heaven begat Virtue in me; what can man do unto me?

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

When a man comes to me, I accept him at his best, not at his worst. Why make so much ado? When a man washes his hands before paying a visit, and you receive him in that clean state, you do not thereby stand surety for his always having been clean in the past.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.