If you know the point of balance, You can settle the details. If you can settle the details, You can stop running around. Your mind will become calm. If your mind becomes calm, You can think in front of a tiger. If you can think in front of a tiger, You will surely succeed.

Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.

When I say that all men have the mind which cannot bear to see the suffering of others, my meaning is illustrated this way: when two men suddenly see a child about to fall into a well, they all have a feeling of alarm and distress, not to gain friendship with the child's parents, nor to seek the praise of their neighbors and friends. From such a case, we see that a man without the feeling of commiseration is not a man. The feeling of commiseration is the beginning of humanity.

The way is One and only One. The way is close at hand, but men seek it afar.

Listen to a man's words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?

He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.

To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.