What Heaven has conferred is called The Nature; an accordance with this nature is called The Path of duty; the regulation of this path is called Instruction. The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.

When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self.

There is nothing more visible than what is secret, and nothing more manifest than what is minute.

Waste begets self-will; thrift begets meanness: but better be mean than self-willed.

All men are born good.

The superior person is in harmony, but does not follow the crowd. The lesser person follows the crowd, but is not in harmony.

The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.