Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

The drum is surely the lord of music, is it not?

Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink - such is the bravery of the dog and boar.

Thus, that one can find no place to walk through the breadth of the earth is not because the earth is not tranquil but because the danger to every step of the traveler lies generally with words.

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.

Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.

Human nature is such that people are born with a love of profit If they follow these inclinations, they will struggle and snatch from each other, and inclinations to defer or yield will die.