To acknowledge our faults when we are blamed, is modesty; to discover them to one's friends in ingenuousness, is confidence; but to preach them to all the world, if one does not take care, is pride.

Reading without thinking will confuse you.Thinking without reading will place you in danger.

If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one's entire life, perhaps it would be 'thoughtfulness.

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.

To give oneself ernestly to securing righteousness and justice among the people, and while respecting the gods and demons, to keep aloof from them, that may be called wisdom.

By the ruler's cultivation of his own character there is set up the example of the course which all should pursue.

Exemplary persons are steadfast in the face of adversity, while petty persons are engulfed by it.