It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

To rank the effort above the prize may be called love.

When everyone hates a person, you should investigate thoroughly, and when everyone loves a person, you should also investigate thoroughly.

Benevolence is love to all men. It is to know all men.

While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits of the dead...While you do not know life, how can you know about death

Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors

The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.

Learn, as if never overtaking your object, and yet as if apprehensive of losing it.

Wisdom delights in water; love delights in hills. Wisdom is stirring; love is quiet. Wisdom is merry; love grows old.