The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me you don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step the man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

The superior person tries to promote music as a means to the perfection of human culture. When such music prevails, and people's minds are led towards the right ideals and aspirations, we may see the appearance of a great nation.

Heaven is author of the virtue that is in me

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.

If we don't know life, how can we know death?

Every journey starts with a single step.

I followed my heart without breaking any rules.