"The Way is near, but people seek it far away. The task is easy, but people make it difficult."

"The trees of the Ox Mountain were once beautiful. But when they were cut down day after day, how could they retain their beauty? And if their roots were nourished by the rain and dew, and new shoots s…"

"The superior man has three things in which he delights, and to be ruler over the empire is not one of them."

"The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart. He who loses his child's heart is a small man."

"To serve one's parents is the greatest service. To serve one's prince is a secondary service. To serve one's friends is a still more secondary service."