If you wish to see the thousand years, look at today; if you wish to understand the millionfold, then look at the one or the two.

You look upon the seasons with expectation and await them: wy not seize the seasonal opportunities and exploit them?

Men of all social stations live together: they are equal in their desires, yet vary in their methods; they are equal in their passions, yet different in their intelligence; that is their nature-given vitality.

Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving.

Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion.

If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?

Sacrifice is a state of mind in which our thoughts turn with longing [toward Heaven, the Ancestors], It is the supreme expression of loyalty, love, and respect.