First there must be order and harmony within your own mind.
The gentleman sees what is right while the small man sees what is profitable.
Study the past, if you would divine the future.
Tzu Chang asked Confucius about jen. Confucius said, "If you can practice these five things with all the people, you can be called jen." Tzu Chang asked what they were. Confucius said, "Courtesy, generosity, honesty, persistence, and kindness. If you are courteous, you will not be disrespected; if you are generous, you will gain everything. If you are honest, people will rely on you. If you are persistent you will get results. If you are kind, you can employ people.
If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?
Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away.
I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.
Without goodness a man cannot endure adversity for long, nor can he enjoy prosperity for long. The good man is naturally at ease with goodness. The wise man cultivates goodness for its advantage.
When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self.
He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.
Words are the voice of the heart.
Cultivated people foster what is good in others, not what is bad. Petty people do the opposite.
Be loyal and trustworthy. Do not befriend anyone who is lower than yourself in this regard.
To take what you know for what you know, and what you do not know for what you do not know, that is knowledge indeed.
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
It is better not to proceed at all than to proceed without purpose.
Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it.
Wisdom is rooted in watching with affection the way people grow.
Don't worry that other people don't know you; worry that you don't know other people.
Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.
Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.
A ruthless man extends his ruthlessness from those he does not love to those he loves.
To know everything is to know nothing, but to know nothing is to know everything.
If you would one day renovate yourself, do so from day to day.
Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.
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