Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.

Love should start from people close to us, then be extended to other people, to strangers, and eventually to the world

What the wise seek is in themselves

Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses.

In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the target, he turns round and seeks for the cause of his failure in himself.

There are three things against which the wise man guards: lust when young, quarrels when strong, and covetousness when old.

Knowledge is recognizing what you know and what you don't.