Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.

The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom.

When the men of antiquity realized their wishes, benefits were conferred by them on the people. If they did not realize their wishes, they cultivated their personal character, and became illustrious in the world. If poor, they attended to their own virtue in solitude; if advanced to dignity, they made the whole empire virtuous as well.

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

The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child's heart.

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

Charity is in the heart of man, and righteousness in the path of men. Pity the man who has lost his path and does not follow it and who has lost his heart and does not know how to recover it. When people's dogs and chicks are lost they go out and look for them and yet the people who have lost their hearts do not go out and look for them. The principle of self-cultivation consists in nothing but trying to look for the lost heart.