Coarse rice to eat, water to drink, my bended arm for a pillow - therein is happiness. Wealth and rank attained through immoral means are nothing but drifting clouds.

Justice is like the north star, which is fixed, and all the rest revolve about it.

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?

It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up.

Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. To see it a person only needs to imagine how it could be worse.

Heaven is author of the virtue that is in me

Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.