Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
The way is One and only One. The way is close at hand, but men seek it afar.
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
All things are complete within ourselves.
A small country cannot contend with a great; the few cannot contend with the many; the weak cannot contend with the strong
Water indeed will flow indifferently to the east or west, but will it flow indifferently up or down? The tendency of our nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downwards. There are none but have this tendency to good, just as all water flows downward.