One Who Will Study For Three Years.

If What One Has To Say Is Not Better Than Silence, Then One Should Keep Silent.

The Master Said, "to Study, And Then In A Timely Fashion To Practice What You Have Learned - Is This Not Satisfying? To Have Companions Arrive From Afar - Is This Not A Joy? To Remain Unrecognized By Others And Yet Remain Free Of Resentment - Is This Not The Mark Of The Gentleman?"

What Can A Man Do With Music Who Is Not Benevolent?

The True Gentleman Does Not Preach What He Practices Till He Has Practiced What He Preaches.

Straight-forwardness, Without The Rules Of Propriety, Becomes Rudeness.