One who will study for three years. Without thought of reward. Would be hard indeed to find.

There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth ... lust. When he is strong ... quarrelsomeness. When he is old ... covetousness.

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

When you have become one with the Great Universal, you will have no partiality, and when you are part of the process of transformation, you will have no rigidity.

Humankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.

Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.

It is goodness that gives to a neighborhood its beauty. One who is free to choose, yet does not prefer to dwell among the good - how can he be accorded the name of wise?