“The demands that good people make are upon themselves;Those that bad people make are upon others.”

“The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!”(Analects 6.11)”

“The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.”

“Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass.”

“If your desire is for good, the people will be good.”

“The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does.”

“A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.”