You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it.

A reasonable man adjusts himself to the world. An unreasonable man expects the world to adjust itself to him. Therefore all progress is made by unreasonable people.

Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the infinite shines.

The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear.

Let a ruler base his government upon virtuous principles, and he will be like the pole-star, which remains steadfast in its place, while all the host of stars turn towards it

There are not the weeds the ones that drown the good seed, but the negligence of the peasant.

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