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Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. (Confucius)
Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue. View quote
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To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous. View quote
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Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by example, subdue them by courtesy; they will learn shame, and come to be good. View quote
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Sincerity becomes apparent. From being apparent, it becomes manifest. From being manifest, it becomes brilliant. Brilliant, it affects others. Affecting others, they are changed by it. Changed by it, they are transformed. It is only he who is possessed of the most complete sincerity that can exist under heaven, who can transform. View quote
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An angry man is full of poison. View quote
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We take greater pains to persuade others we are happy than in trying to think so ourselves. View quote
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When we have intelligence resulting from sincerity, this condition is to be ascribed to nature; when we have sincerity resulting from intelligence, this condition is to be ascribed to instruction. But given the sincerity, and there shall be the intelligence; given the intelligence, and there shall be the sincerity. View quote
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Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade. View quote
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A man living without conflicts, as if he never lives at all. View quote
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The superior man governs men, according to their nature, with what is proper to them, and as soon as they change what is wrong, he stops. (Confucius)
Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity. View quote
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The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue. View quote
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There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind. View quote
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The administration of government lies in getting proper men. Such men are to be got by means of the ruler's own character. That character is to be cultivated by his treading in the ways of duty. And the treading those ways of duty is to be cultivated by the cherishing of benevolence. View quote
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How abundantly do spiritual beings display the powers that belong to them! We look for them, but do not see them; we listen to, but do not hear them; yet they enter into all things, and there is nothing without them. View quote
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Let the states of equilibrium and harmony exist in perfection, and a happy order will prevail throughout heaven and earth, and all things will be nourished and flourish. View quote
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The way of Heaven and Earth may be completely declared in one sentence: They are without any doubleness, and so they produce things in a manner that is unfathomable. View quote
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The way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse the space that is near, and in ascending a height, when we must begin from the lower ground. View quote
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They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it. View quote
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To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short. (Confucius)
The superior man, even when he is not moving, has a feeling of reverence, and while he speaks not, he has the feeling of truthfulness. View quote
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Heaven, in the production of things, is sure to be bountiful to them, according to their qualities. Hence the tree that is flourishing, it nourishes, while that which is ready to fall, it overthrows. View quote
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Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself. View quote
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To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one doesn't know what one doesn't know, there lies true wisdom. View quote
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