Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.
Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.
To think twice is quite enough.
If a man is not good, what has he to do with the rules of propriety? If he is not good, what has he to do with music?
The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.
An image is better than one thousand words
Respect the gods and the devils but keep them at a distance
Wisdom, humanity & courage, these three are universal virtues. The way by which they are practiced are one.
At 15 I set my heart on learning; At 30 I firmly took my stand; At 40 I had no delusions; At 50 I knew the Mandate of Heaven; At 60 my ear was attuned; At 70 I followed my heart's desire without overstepping the boundaries of right.
A man exercising no forethought will soon experience present sorrow.
To know it is not as good as to love it, and to love it is not as good as to take delight in it.
An angry man is full of poison.
To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.
I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.
Therefore only through education does one come to be dissatisfied with his own knowledge, and only through teaching others does one come to realize the uncomfortable inadequacy of his knowledge. Being dissatisfied with his own knowledge, one then realizes that the trouble lies with himself, and realizing the uncomfortable inadequacy of his knowledger.
Love should start from people close to us, then be extended to other people, to strangers, and eventually to the world
What is God-given is called nature; to follow nature is called Tao (the Way); to cultivate the way is called culture. Before joy, anger, sadness and happiness are expressed, they are called the inner self; when they are expressed to the proper degree, they are called harmony. The inner self is the correct foundation of the world, and the harmony is the illustrious Way. When a man has achieved the inner self and harmony, the heaven and earth are orderly and the myriad of things are nourished and grow thereby.
One hundred women are not worth a single testicle.
Better than the one who knows what is right is the one who loves what is right.
When you serve your mother and father it is okay to try to correct them once in a while. But if you see that they are not going to listen to you, keep your respect for them and don't distance yourself from them. Work without complaining.
The real fault is to have faults and not amend them.
See a person's means ... Observe his motives. Examine that in which he rests. How can a person conceal his character?
A blemish may be removed from a diamond by careful polishing, but evil words once spoken cannot be effaced.
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.
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.
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