Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.

The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.

The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.

To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one's life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.

All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.

Charity is in the heart of man, and righteousness in the path of men. Pity the man who has lost his path and does not follow it and who has lost his heart and does not know how to recover it. When people's dogs and chicks are lost they go out and look for them and yet the people who have lost their hearts do not go out and look for them. The principle of self-cultivation consists in nothing but trying to look for the lost heart.