I daily examine myself on three points: In planning for others, have I failed in conscientiousness? In intercourse with friends, have I been insincere? And have I failed to practice what I have been taught?

Not feeling compassion for a stranger is like not feeling when one's foot has caught fire

If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.

The main object of conciliation lies in reaching a solution to a case based upon morals and with a warm heart.

Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune.

Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.

The more people know, the more they forgive.