“Worthy persons deserve to be called so because they are not carried away by the eight winds: prosperity,decline,disgrace,honor,praise,censure,suffering, and pleasure.They are neither elated by prosperity nor grieved by decline. The heavenly gods will surely protect one who is unbending before the eight winds.”

“One should become the master of one's mind rather than let one's mind master him.”

“Winter always turns into Spring”

“More valuable than treasures in a storehouse are the treasures of the body. The most valuable of all are the treasures of the heart.”

“The willow submits to the wind and prospers until one day it is many willows - a wall against the wind.”

“If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.”

“If America upholds God's eternal standards and follows His unchanging ways, then it will be blessed with His favor...His protection...His prosperity....But if America should depart from the ways of God, if it should disregard His eternal standards, then the smiles of heaven, the blessings of God, will be withdrawn-its prosperity, its protection, and its powers would be taken away. He's giving a warning to the nation: The day America turns away from God will be the day that begins the removing of its blessings.”