The chase of gain is rich in hate

When superiors are fond of showing their humanity, inferiors try to outstrip one another in their practice of it.

Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.

The Master said, If out of the three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teachings, I would say 'Let there be no evil in your thoughts.'

I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.

Watch their actions, observe their motives, examine wherein they dwell content; won't you know what kind of person they are?

If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to exalt virtue?