The king said: "As the Book of Songs says: 'When others have thoughts, I try to understand them.' This, surely, is what you mean. Yet when I act upon it and reflect, I find no answer in my heart. But when you speak of it, something within me stirs. Why is it that my heart aligns with the way of a true ruler?" The reply came: "If someone claimed, 'I have the strength to lift a hundred weights,' yet could not lift a single feather, or said, 'My sight is sharp enough to see the finest hair,' yet could not see a cartload of firewood would Your Majesty believe him?"