Clever talk can confound the workings of virtue, just as small impatiences can confound great projects.

The Master said, If out of the three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teachings, I would say 'Let there be no evil in your thoughts.'

If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere - although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has.

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

Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.

Baseball is wrong, man with four balls cannot walk

I used to take on trust a man's deeds after having listened to his words. Now having listened to a man's words I go on to observe his deeds.