"Are you not ashamed that you give your attention to acquiring as much money as possible, and similarly with reputatio…"

"The Dhamma is heard by a householder or a householder's son. ... And after some time, he abandons his property, small…"

"Fan Ch'e asked about perfect virtue. The Master said, "It is in retirement, to be sedately grave; in the management o…"

"Tsze-chang asked Confucius about perfect virtue. Confucius said, "To be able to practise five things everywhere under…"

"Very quickly the church found intolerable and inapplicable features in what Jesus Christ demanded and proclaimed. Let…"

"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith pro…"

"Ἔσεσθε οὖν ὑμεῖς τέλειοι ὡς ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος τέλειός ἐστιν."

"Εἰ θέλεις τέλειος εἶναι, ὕπαγε πώλησόν σου τὰ ὑπάρχοντα καὶ δὸς πτωχοῖς, καὶ ἕξεις θησαυρὸν ἐν οὐρανοῖς, καὶ δεῦρο ἀκ…"

"For the majority of mankind, religion is a habit, or, more precisely, tradition is their religion. Though it seems st…"

"The gentleman knows that whatever is imperfect and unrefined does not deserve praise. ... He makes his eyes not want …"