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.

A great man is one who has not lost the child's heart.

Friends are the siblings God never gave us.

The man of true greatness never loses his child's heart.

The five kinds of grains are considered good plants, but if the grains are not ripe, they are worse than cockles. It is the same with regard to kindness, which must grow into maturity.

The way is One and only One. The way is close at hand, but men seek it afar.

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.