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

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

The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.

To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.

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.

Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.

The man of true greatness never loses his child's heart.