How pleasant it is to repeat constantly what we are learning! How happy we are when some friend returns from a long trip! To remain unconcerned though others do not know of us - that is to be a Great Man!

"Let the sole worry of your parents be that you might become ill."

"Today when people call a man filial they mean that he is supporting his parents. But he does as much for his dogs and horses! If he does not show respect for his parents, how is he differentiating between them and the animals?"

"Manner presents the difficulty. The mere assumption of burdens and the mere allowing of elders to be the first to eat or drink do not constitute filial duty."

"I can talk with a man all day, and in offering me no objections he looks like a dunce. But we find upon examination that his private life exemplifies System. He is no dunce."