The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.

He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.

A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong

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

Water indeed will flow indifferently to the east or west, but will it flow indifferently up or down? The tendency of our nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downwards. There are none but have this tendency to good, just as all water flows downward.

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

When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.