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.

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

When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.

He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.

People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.

The Tao is near and people seek it far away.

By exhaustively examining one's own mind,one may understand his nature.One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.