Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others.

Not knowing life, how can we know death? Why talk of spirits when you do not understand men?

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

The wise man admires water, the kind man admires mountains. The wise man moves, the kind man rests. The wise man is happy, the kind man is firm.

A disciple having asked for a definition of charity, the Master said LOVE ONE ANOTHER.

At 15 I set my heart on learning; At 30 I firmly took my stand; At 40 I had no delusions; At 50 I knew the Mandate of Heaven; At 60 my ear was attuned; At 70 I followed my heart's desire without overstepping the boundaries of right.

he who will not economize will agonize