If Language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant. If what is said is not what is meant, then what ought to be done, remains undone.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

By gaining the people, the kingdom is gained; by losing the people, the kingdom is lost.

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

To be excellent when engaged in administration is to be like the North Star. As it remains in its one position, all the other stars surround it.

But if you do not have the Tao yourself, what business have you spending your time in vain efforts to bring corrupt politicians into the right path?

The failure to cultivate virtue, the failure to examine and analyze what I have learned, the inability to move toward righteousness after being shown the way, the inability to correct my faults-these are the causes of my grief.