When one is serving his master, he should exert himself.

One must not be negligent in learning. In the Lun Yu it says: "To study and not to think is darkness. To think without study is dangerous."

Good medicine is bitter to the mouth, but has an effect on the disease. Faithful words hurt one's ears, but have value for one's conduct.

The man who hunts a deer does not gaze at the mountains.

One's soldier should not abuse the enemy. 'Arouse a bee and it will come at you with the force of a dragon.

In the Wu Tzu it says: 'He who would save his life shall lose it, and he who would give up his life shall save it.'

When one would make a surprise attack on the enemy, he should avoid the major roads and seek out the lesser ones. Then attack.

One should not utter a word about his own inadequacies. In the Oxo it says: 'When a man lets out a single word, the long and short of him will be known.'

you rupturedthe love lakes of my longingand scattered the continents of my heart.

My life is slowed up by thought and the need to understand what I am living.

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.

Don't let your want for perfection become procrastination

Nirvana bears no resemblance to anything in your current perceptual field.

The squeaky wheel doesn't always get greased; it often gets replaced.

Elvis was the reason I picked up the guitar.

I like actual songs and bands, but it's usually parts, like the production, the bassline, the drums, that I'm really attracted to.

Youth doesn't take advice.