I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.
The superior man does not embark upon any affair until he has carefully planned the start.
The highest form of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judgment.
Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.
Every person has both a bad heart and a good heart. No matter how good a man seems, he has some evil. No matter how bad a man seems, there is some good about him. No man is perfect.
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own.
If there is to be a human future, we must bring ourselves into balanced relationship with one another and the Earth. This requires building economies with the heart.
