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

So I like life and I like righteousness; if I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go and choose righteousness.

Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence

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

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

To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one's life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.

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