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.

When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.

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

Friends are the siblings God never gave us.

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.

He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.

All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.