“Cultivate virtue in the world, and it will be universal.”

“Approach your own inner life with a loving quality that accepts who you are without trying to change who you are.”

“If the majority doesn't laugh at you, beware that you must be saying something wrong. When the majority thinks you are a fool, only then is there some possibility of you being a wise man.”

“When the student is ready the teacher will appear.”

“When you extend your goodwill in every direction, regardless of circumstances, you begin to see that we are all one.”

“Be just, and fear not.”

“Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.”

“Emancipation is the demand of civilization. That is a principle; everything else is an intrigue.”