“Sacrifice is the surrender of that which you value in favor of which you dont”

“Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicke...”

“Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.”

“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in time of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality.”

“The pride which is proud of want of pride is the most intolerable of all.”

“A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue but moderation in pri...”

“Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.”

“Purity of heart is what enables us to see.”

“Tsze-kung wished to dispense with the sacrifice of a sheep for the New Moon ceremony. The Master said, "You love the she...”

“In the common degree of the moral, there is no virtue. Virtue is excellence.”

“All spirits are enslaved which serve things evil.”

“Order is heaven's first law.”