Character is the backbone of our human culture. Music is the flowering of character.
It doesn't make a difference how gradually you go so long as you don't stop.
It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.
By the ruler's cultivation of his own character there is set up the example of the course which all should pursue.
I have not seen one who loves virtue as he loves beauty.
Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.