The mirror reflects all objects without being sullied

How transcendent is the virtue of the middle conduct! Rare for a long time has been its practice among the people.

If you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?

To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of what it means to be happy or content.

Wealth and rank are what men desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed. Poverty and obscurity are what men detest; but unless prosperity be brought about in the right way, they are not to be abandoned.

When superiors are fond of showing their humanity, inferiors try to outstrip one another in their practice of it.

Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous.