A Nation's character is typified by its dancers.

Does Heaven ever speak? The four seasons come and go, and all creatures thrive and grow. Does Heaven ever speak!

Everyone calls his son his son, whether he has talents or has not talents.

Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in men's clothes.

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

There may be men who act without understanding why. I do not. To listen much, pick out the good and follow it; to see much and ponder it: this comes next to understanding.

There are not the weeds the ones that drown the good seed, but the negligence of the peasant.