All people have the common desire to be elevated in honour, but all people have something still more elevated in themselves without knowing it.

Virtue alone is not sufficient for the exercise of government; laws alone cannot carry themselves into practice.

He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.

Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.

The great person never loses a childlike spirit.

The Tao is near and people seek it far away.

Friends are the siblings God never gave us.