“To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one’s life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.”

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.

Friends are the siblings God never gave us.

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

Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.

Someone who does not run toward the allure of love walks a road where nothing lives.

Most people ignore opportunities because they see only danger. Entrepreneurs ignore danger because they see only opportunities.

Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Ignorance of each other is what has made unity impossible in the past.

In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits.

The evil that is in the world almost always comes from ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.

The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance.