If you love men and they are unfriendly, look into your love; if you rule men and they are unruly, look into your wisdom; if you are courteous to them and they do not respond, look into your courtesy. If what you do is vain, always seek within.

People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.

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

When one by force subdues men, they do not submit to him in heart. They submit because their strength is not adequate to resist.

The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.

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

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.