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.'

I followed my heart without breaking any rules.

If I am building a mountain and stop before the last basketful of earth is placed on the summit, I have failed.

The superior man accords with the course of the Mean. Though he may be all unknown, unregarded by the world, he feels no regret - It is only the sage who is able for this.

There is only one thing in life which never changes, and it is change.

The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him.

To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one doesn't know what one doesn't know, there lies true wisdom.