First there must be order and harmony within your own mind. Then this order will spread to your family, then to the community, and finally to your entire kingdom. Only then can you have peace and harmony.
Respect the gods and the devils but keep them at a distance
An angry man is full of poison.
Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.
A man exercising no forethought will soon experience present sorrow.
There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of his passions; and when old, of covetousness, especially.
Wisdom, humanity & courage, these three are universal virtues. The way by which they are practiced are one.
Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the infinite shines.
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.
It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.
Love is like a spice. It can sweeten your life - however, it can spoil it, too.
Love should start from people close to us, then be extended to other people, to strangers, and eventually to the world
The real fault is to have faults and not amend them.
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.
Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.
The object of the superior man is truth.
Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
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.
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
The injury of prodigality leads to this, that he who will not economize will have to agonize.
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.
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.
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