"Even if the world changes, I won’t change."

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

【原文】子夏为莒父宰，问政。子曰：“无欲速，无见小利。欲速则不达，见小利则大事不成。”【译文】子夏到莒父做地方长官，问怎样为政。孔子说：“不要只求速成，不要贪图小利。想求速成，反而达不到目的；贪图小利，就做不成大事。”

In classical music, tradition is both our greatest asset and our heaviest burden.

 智慧之光如太阳照耀着智力。

You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject forever.

A building must be a vessel for life.