In worthy teaching, all things are related.

To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.

If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.

What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?

When the wind blows, the grass bends.

The wise never doubt. The Humane never worry. The brave never fear.

One who never anticipates deceit or expects duplicity, and yet is the first to recognize such things – is that not a sage indeed?

I am not one who was born with great wisdom. I love the ancients and diligently seek wisdom among them.

Am I a man of great wisdom? Hardly! Even when a simple person brings me a question, my mind goes utterly blank, I just thrash it out until I’ve exhausted every possibility.

Relate to the fear, not just from it. (50)

Preach the gospel to yourself, because as you consider who you are in light of God's perfect goodness, holiness and peace, you must soften toward others.

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

What we need is new leadership that takes conservative principles and applies them so that people can rise up.

This precept descended from Heaven: know thyself.

Unless I'm really uneasy with what I'm writing, I lose interest very quickly.

I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it's like to feel absolutely worthless and they don't want anyone else to feel like that.

I clench his hands to the point of pain. "Stay with me." His pupils contract to pinpoints, dialate again rapidly, and then return to something resembling normalcy. "Always," he murmurs.

The nation should be ruled by the Ten Commandments.

You know, I like to release music the way I feel it, as opposed to having a date.