“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.”

“How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!”

“It is a wise father that knows his own child.”

“If it be you that stirs these daughters' heartsAgainst their father, fool me not so muchTo bear it tamely; touch me with noble anger,And let not women's weapons, water drops,Stain my man's cheeks.”