Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.

A good counter needs no calculator.

Abandon fancy theologies and imaginary ideas and do some ordinary daily work... {Engage in this work with} unswerving kindness and unending patience.

The tree which needs two arms to span its girth sprang from the tiniest shoot. Yon tower, nine stories high, rose from a little mound of earth. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

All things such as grass and trees are soft and supple in life. At their death they are withered and dry.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.