Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it.

Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity.

Even if people do not know what real kindness is, they nonetheless have it within them.

He who rules by moral force is like the pole star, which remains in place while all the lesser stars do homage to it.

Please stop waiting for a better and more appropriate time to become happy and focus on the moment you live in. Happiness is not an arrival, it is the journey itself. Many people seek for happiness above the height of human beings, some below. Yet, happiness is exactly at the exact height of human beings.

A gentleman is calm and spacious: the vulgar are always fretting.

The Path is not far from man. When men try to pursue a course, which is far from the common indications of consciousness, this course cannot be considered The Path.