The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.
Writing cannot express all words, words cannot encompass all ideas.
Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.
Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not do to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.
If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
Do unto others as you wish others do unto you.
Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
In vain I have looked for a single man capable of seeing his own faults and bringing the charge home against himself.
Don't be concerned that you have no position; be concerned how you may fit yourself to occupy one. .
A superior man may be made to go to the well, but he cannot be made to go down into it. He may be imposed upon, but he cannot be fooled.
Heaven means to be one with God.
Those who are firm, enduring, simple and unpretentious are the nearest to virtue.
The great man is sparing in words but prodigal in deeds.
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me you don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step the man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
A man who does not forget an agreement is resolved and honorable man.
I live in a very small house, but my windows look out on a very large world.
Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.
When the perfect order prevails, the world is like a home shared by all. Leaders are capable and virtuous. Everyone loves and respects their own parents and children as well as the parents and children of others. The old are cared for, adults have jobs, children are nourished and educated. There is a means of support for all those who are disabled or find themselves alone in the world. Everyone has an appropriate role to play in the family and society. Devotion to public duty leaves no place for idleness. Scheming for ill gain is unknown. Sharing displaces selfishness and materialism.
If the gentleman is not serious, he will not be respected, and his learning will not be on a firm foundation. He considers loyalty and faithfulness to be fundamental, has no friends who are not like him, and when he has made mistakes, he is not afraid of correcting them.
Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.
Things being investigated, knowledge became complete. Their knowledge being complete, their thoughts were sincere. Their thoughts being sincere, their hearts were then rectified. Their hearts being rectified, their persons were cultivated. Their persons being cultivated, their families were regulated. Their families being regulated, their States were rightly governed. Their States being rightly governed, the whole kingdom was made tranquil and happy.
Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.
Silence is the true friend that never betrays.
Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.
The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.” (Analects 4.16)
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