Unify your attention. Do not listen with your ears, but with your mind. Do not listen with your mind but with your essence.

A good man is not mine to see. Could I see a man possessed of constancy, that would satisfy me.

Ah, music, sacred tongue of God! I hear thee calling and I come.

When people are educated, the distinction between classes disappears.

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

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.

Listen much, keep silent when in doubt, and always take heed of the tongue; thou wilt make few mistakes. See much, beware of pitfalls, and always give heed to thy walk; thou wilt have little to rue. If thy words are seldom wrong, thy deeds leave little to rue, pay will follow.