Libraries were full of ideas—perhaps the most dangerous and powerful of all weapons.

The books we read in childhood are the ones that shape our souls.

现在王公大人从事于音乐，损害夺取人民的衣食之资，仅从命人听乐这一点来看就已经很厉害了。 

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.