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.

Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.

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

There are successful scholars, public-spirited scholars, upright scholars, cautious scholars, and those who are merely petty men.

If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.

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.

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.