Study as though you cannot catch up to it, and as though you fear you are going to lose it.
ConfuciusIf one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.
ConfuciusThe way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse the space that is near, and in ascending a height, when we must begin from the lower ground.
Confucius