I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.

When a man sees something desirable, he must reflect on the fact that with time it could come to involve what is detestable. When he sees something that is beneficial, he should reflect that sooner or later it, too, could come to involve harm.

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

When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled.

Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry, to want to warm up when cold, to want to rest when tired. These all are a part of people's emotional nature.

The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.

If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.