To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.

The Master said, 'When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them.'

Wisdom does not come overnight.

Let no human being be despised, for who can tell how soon even the lowest may be raised; and how the arrogant fall.

You may look up for inspiration or look down in desperation but do not look sideways for information.

Do not be excessively timid or excessively confident.