Famous Quotes & Sayings

A person is born with a liking for profit.

Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.

Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.

When a man sees something desirable, he must reflect on the fact that with time it could come to involve what is detestable. When he sees something that is beneficial, he should reflect that sooner or later it, too, could come to involve harm.

I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.

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

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

If the impulse to daring and bravery is too fierce and violent, stay it with guidance and instruction.

I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.

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?

Confucius

To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.

Zhuangzi

I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around in the sky; then I awoke. Now I wonder: Am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man?

Zhuangzi

Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.

Confucius

It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.

Mark White

I agree totally with Metheny regarding the sound influencing the way you play.

Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry, to want to warm up when cold, to want to rest when tired. These all are a part of people's emotional nature.

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

The coming of honor or disgrace must be a reflection of one's inner power.

When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled.

The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.

For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.

Mark White

People who listen to the music for the music and are adventurous in their playing tend to dig it, those who have a narrower perspective don't.

Sun Tzu

There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare.

Hu Shih

The Renaissance movement of the last two decades differs from all the early movements in being a fully conscious and studied movement.

Mark White

Tone on jazz guitars is a real tough issue.

Mark White

I love the traditional sound of a guy like Wes or Jim Hall and when I'm playing that type of music I gravitate to that kind of sound.

Sun Tzu

If you know the enemy and know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt; if you know Heaven and know Earth, you may make your victory complete.

Confucius

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

Confucius

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

Confucius

I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.

Confucius

To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.

Confucius

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?