Character is the backbone of our human culture. Music is the flowering of character.

The strongest memory is not as strong as the weakest ink.

The wise man delights in water, the Good man delights in mountains. For the wise move; but the Good stay still. The wise are happy; but the good secure.

Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established

When I am with others, they are my teachers. I can select their good points and follow them, and select their bad points and avoid them.

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

The superior man... does not set his mind either for or against anything, he will pursue whatever is right. The superior man thinks of virtue, the common man of comfort.