The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.

The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.

He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.

Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.

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

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.

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.