The sage regards things as difficult, and thereby avoids difficulty.

Kindness in thought leads to wisdom. Kindness in speech leads to eloquence. Kindness in action leads to love.

Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.

To know and not to do is not yet to know.

The reason why rivers and seas are able to be lords over a hundred mountain streams, is that they know how to keep below them. That is why they are able to reign over all the mountain streams.

To know one's ignorance is the best part of knowledge.

When the intelligent and animal souls are held together in one embrace, they can be kept from separating.