Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the infinite shines.

The superior man is easy to serve, but difficult to please ... The inferior man is difficult to serve, but easy to please.

If you would one day renovate yourself, do so from day to day.

The superior person tries to promote music as a means to the perfection of human culture. When such music prevails, and people's minds are led towards the right ideals and aspirations, we may see the appearance of a great nation.

See a person's means ... Observe his motives. Examine that in which he rests. How can a person conceal his character?

Heaven, in the production of things, is sure to be bountiful to them, according to their qualities. Hence the tree that is flourishing, it nourishes, while that which is ready to fall, it overthrows.

The demands that a great man makes are on himself; those of a petty man are upon others.