The person who is not strong enough gives up at the halfway point - but you are limiting yourself before even starting.

If a man is not good, what has he to do with the rules of propriety? If he is not good, what has he to do with music?

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger... Men of superior mind busy themselves first getting at the root of things; when they succeed, the right course is open to them.

If we don't know life, how can we know death?

Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.

Fix your mind on truth, hold firm to virtue, rely on loving kindness, and find your recreation in the Arts.

The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.