Your task is to stand straight; not to be held straight.

Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one.

Everything is interwoven, and the web is holy.

Man is born for deeds of kindness.

Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.

The inner master, when confronted with an obstacle, uses it as fuel, like a fire which consumes things that are thrown into it. A small lamp would be snuffed out, but a big fire will engulf what is thrown at it and burn hotter; it consumes the obstacle and uses it to reach a higher level.

Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that allow a person's nature to fulfill itself? So remember this principle when something threatens to cause you pain: the thing itself was no misfortune at all; to endure it and prevail is great good fortune.