Among the appliances to transform the people, sound and appearances are but trivial influences.

Learning, undigested by thought, is labor lost.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.

Rotten wood cannot be carved.

The 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.

The inner nature of man is the province of Music.