The Master said, A gentleman, in his plans, thinks of the Way; he does not think how he is going to make a living. Even farming sometimes entails 5 times of shortage; and even learning may incidentally lead to high pay. But a gentleman's anxieties concern the progress of the Way; he has no anxiety concerning poverty.

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.

To study and at times practice what one has learned, is this not a pleasure?

There is nothing impossible in all the world except that the heart of man is wanting in resolution.

The great mountain must collapse, the mighty beam must break and the wise man wither like a plant.

Learning without thought is labour lost.

All things are nourished together without their injuring one another. The courses of the seasons, and of the sun and moon, are pursued without any collision among them. The smaller energies are like river currents; the greater energies are seen in mighty transformations. It is this which makes heaven and earth so great.