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

Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.

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

The root of the kingdom is in the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.

All things are complete within ourselves.

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.

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.