Even the good are saved; how much more the evil one.

Once one encounters the power of the Vow, no one passes through life in vain.

When I deeply consider Amida's Vow contemplated through five kalpas, it was, after all, for me, Shinran, alone.

I know that I know nothing.

-- Socrates

I know that I do not know.

-- Plato

When three walk together, one is surely my teacher. I follow what is good and correct what is not.

-- Confucius

I transmit but do not create; I trust in and love the ancients.

-- Confucius

The highest goodness is like water. Water benefits all things and does not compete; it dwells in places others disdain, and so is close to the Tao.

-- Laozi

The trouble with people is that they love playing teacher to others.

-- Mencius