Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, I shall today be uppermost.

In speaking, it is best to be clear and say just enough to convey the meaning.

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.

It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.

Love should start from people close to us, then be extended to other people, to strangers, and eventually to the world

The Master said, At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities. At fifty, I knew what were the biddings of Heaven. At sixty, I heard them with docile ear. At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of righ.