They are done merely for ornament. ... the common people regard them as supernatural.

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.

Pride and excess bring disaster for man.

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

If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others.

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?

Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.