"Knowledge of the self is the mother of all knowledge. So it is incumbent on me to know my self, to know it completely, to know its minutiae, its characteristics, its subtleties, and its very atoms."

"Great leaders cultivate leaders, not merely followers — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a subtle truth that let thoughts come and go like clouds across an undisturbed autumn sky."

"It is a humble truth that true innovation is born when curiosity dares to question long-settled assumptions — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time."

"A dream nurtured by daily toil will inevitably outshine a wish born of idle hope. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows."

"It is a humble truth that a dream nurtured by daily toil will inevitably outshine a wish born of idle hope."

"Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads."