"It is only through contact and comparison that the relative value or worthlessness of the various cultural elements c…"

"The original dispute was one of poetic diction... From an interest in the minor problem of poetic diction I was led t…"

"A general good at commanding troops is like one sitting in a leaking boat or lying under a burning roof. For there is…"

"This may be easy to know, but it is difficult to put in practice."

"He learns to recite the classics; he sings in the clear fragrance of the old masters He explores the treasures of the…"

"It is like following a branch to find the trembling leaves, like following a stream to find the spring."

"Caught between the unborn and the living, the writer struggles to maintain both depth and surface."

"Knowing order is like opening a dam in the river. Not knowing is like grabbing the tail to direct the head of the dra…"

"However the sentences branch and spread, they grow out of well-placed phrases."

"There are no new ideas, only those which rhyme with certain classics."