“People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.”

Where it is permissible both to die and not to die, it is an abuse of valour to die.

Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.

The great person never loses a childlike spirit.

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

By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.

The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.

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

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

Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?

In abundance prepare for scarcity.

Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.

Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.

Never lose your child’s heart.

The ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.

All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.

Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.

Failure — The man who can tell others what to do and how to do it, but never does it himself.

If you asked me, ‘What do you want to say?’ it would be, ‘Love yourself more.’

My mother is a great source of advice and wisdom and consolation for me.

If you advise someone on the condition that they have to accept it, then you are an oppressor.

Never take advice from someone you wouldn’t trade places with.

My advice for life: dance and sing your song while the party is still on.

People who are able to do their own thinking should not allow others to do it for them.

We go lightheartedly on our way, never thinking that by a careless word or two we may have altered the whole course of human lives, for some person will take our advice and use it.