“To establish a heart for Heaven and Earth, to secure a destiny for the people, to carry on the lost teachings of the sages, to open peace for all generations to come.”

The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either — but right through every human heart.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Nothing in the world is softer than water, yet nothing is better at overcoming the hard and strong.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

Stories are the secret reservoirs of values.

Time is the substance I am made of. Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river.

The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the lightest.

I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty.