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.
A ruthless man extends his ruthlessness from those he does not love to those he loves.
Words are the voice of the heart.
Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.
Cultivated people foster what is good in others, not what is bad. Petty people do the opposite.
A scholar who loves comfort is not fit to be called a scholar.
It is better to light one small candle of gratitude than to curse the darkness.
If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
There are three unfilial acts: the greatest of these is the failure to produce sons.
The superior man is universally minded and no partisan. The inferior man is a partisan and not universal.
Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.
If you did not do so for the sake of riches,You must have done so for the sake of novelty.
Don't worry if people don't recognize your merits; worry that you may not recognize theirs.
To know everything is to know nothing, but to know nothing is to know everything.
Do not worry about not holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role. Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.
He who is really kind, can never be unhappy
It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger.
Study the past, if you would divine the future.
Listen widely to remove your doubts and be careful when speaking about the rest and your mistakes will be few. See much and get rid of what is dangerous and be careful in acting on the rest and your causes for regret will be few. Speaking without fault, acting without causing regret: 'upgrading' consists in this.
Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.
Wisdom is rooted in watching with affection the way people grow.
Be loyal and trustworthy. Do not befriend anyone who is lower than yourself in this regard.
If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?
Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.
Great as heaven and earth are, men still find some things in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is that, were the superior man to speak of his way in all its greatness, nothing in the world would be found able to embrace it, and were he to speak of it in its minuteness, nothing in the world would be found able to split it.
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