Knowledge is a steep which few may climb, — Path

"Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. That is my point of view, and I adhere to that absolutely and unconditionally."

"The wayfarer, Perceiving the pathway to truth, Was struck with astonishment."

"I am the prince who decides the destiny of rolling rivers. I keep on the straight and narrow path the righteous who follow Enlils counsel."

"He made the people follow the proper path. [...] That fathers should be feared and mothers respected, that sons should pay heed to the words of their fathers, and that mercy, compassion and pity should be shown, that one should provide even ones paternal grandparents with food and drink -- all this he established in and ."

"What Heaven has conferred is called The Nature; an accordance with this nature is called The Path of duty; the regulation of this path is called Instruction. The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path. On this account, the superior man () does not wait till he sees things, to be cautious, nor till he hears things, to be apprehensive."

"If you stop to be kind, you must swerve often from your path."