Listen widely to remove your doubts and be careful when speaking about the rest and your mistakes will be few. See much and get rid of what is dangerous and be careful in acting on the rest and your causes for regret will be few. Speaking without fault, acting without causing regret: 'upgrading' consists in this.

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

Is any one able for one day to apply his strength to virtue? I have not seen the case in which his strength would be sufficient.

What is necessary is to rectify names.

When a person should be spoken with, and you don't speak with them, you lose them. When a person shouldn't be spoken with and you speak to them, you waste your breath. The wise do not lose people, nor do they waste their breath.

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

Justice is like the north star, which is fixed, and all the rest revolve about it.