Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive.

To find the Tao, there is nowhere you need to search. If it is not inside you, it is not the Tao.

The more people know, the more they forgive.

All things are nourished together without their injuring one another. The courses of the seasons, and of the sun and moon, are pursued without any collision among them. The smaller energies are like river currents; the greater energies are seen in mighty transformations. It is this which makes heaven and earth so great.

There is a growing interest in Confucianism in China and other parts of the world. More and more followers of Confucianism are advocating a deeper study of his philosophies. Confucius' ideals stand true even today. His philosophy on how to be a Junzi or the perfect gentleman is based on the simple ideology of love and tolerance.

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

With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of all these things.