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

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

A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.

The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.

Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men's minds are also injured by them.

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

Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.