Desires that are just are termed Truth. Without desires, Truth cannot be understood..

People are considered pure of heart when they do not approach power and pomp; but those who can be near without being affected are the purest of all.….

Valuing unusual conduct is not as good as being careful about ordinary actions..

A thousand pieces of gold may hardly bring a moment's happiness, but a small favor can cause a lifetime's gratitude. Too much love can turn to enmity….

If a poor house is well kept, or a poor girl well groomed, there is elegance if not beauty. If good people should come upon hard times, why should th….

Attention is the mind's feet; if you do not control your attention strictly, it runs into misleading pathways..

A clear sunny day can suddenly shift to thunder and lightning, a raging storm can suddenly give way to a bright moonlit night. The weather may be inc….

Compromise to please others is not as good as integrity that annoys others. Rather than be praised without being good, it is better to be slandered w….

If the mind is illumined, there is clear blue sky in a dark room. If the thoughts are muddled, there are malevolent ghosts in broad daylight..

People's shortcomings should be treated with tact; if you expose them crudely, this is attacking weakness with a weakness. When people are stubborn, ….

In whatever you do, if you leave a sense of incompleteness, then Creation cannot resent you, ghosts and spirits cannot harm you. If you insist on ful….

When people are determined, they can overcome fate; when the will is unified, it can mobilize energy. Enlightened people do not even let nature put t….

When the rich and well-established, who should be generous, are instead spiteful and cruel, they make their behavior wretched and base in spite of th….

In adversity, everything that surrounds you is a kind of medicine that helps you refine your conduct, yet you are unaware of it. In pleasant situatio….

When those who give charity do so without any sense of self-satisfaction and without any thought of reward, even a small gift is great. When those wh….

Do not think about whatever service you may have done for others; think about what you may have done to offend them. Don't forget what others have do….

When you are constantly hearing offensive words and always have some irritating matter in mind, only then do you have a whetstone for character devel….

When you meet dishonest people, move them with sincerity. When you meet violent people, affect them with gentility. When you meet warped people, insp….

Human affairs are like a chess game. Only those who do not take it seriously can be called good players..

To notice people's deceptions yet not reveal it in words, to bear people's insults without showing any change of attitude-there is endless meaning in….

The learned should be vigorous and diligent, but they should also be free-spirited. If they are too rigorous and austere, they have the death-dealing….