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

When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.

Do not wish for quick results, nor look for small advantages. If you seek quick results, you will not reach the ultimate goal. If you are led astray by small advantages, you will never accomplish great things.

A true gentleman makes demands upon himself but not upon others.

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

What is God-given is called nature; to follow nature is called Tao (the Way); to cultivate the way is called culture. Before joy, anger, sadness and happiness are expressed, they are called the inner self; when they are expressed to the proper degree, they are called harmony. The inner self is the correct foundation of the world, and the harmony is the illustrious Way. When a man has achieved the inner self and harmony, the heaven and earth are orderly and the myriad of things are nourished and grow thereby.

If either wealth or poverty are come by honesty, there is no shame.