A gentleman can withstand hardships; it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.
Everyone calls his son his son, whether he has talents or has not talents.
Because the newer methods of treatment are good, it does not follow that the old ones were bad: for if our honorable and worshipful ancestors had not recovered from their ailments, you and I would not be here today.
Every thoughtful pin on pinterest has beauty. But not everyone can see.
I transmit but do not create. I place my trust in the teachings of antiquity.
The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.
The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him.
Charity is that rational and constant affection which makes us sacrifice ourselves to the human race, as if we were united with it, so as to form one individual, partaking equally in its adversity and prosperity.
Every piece of marble has a statue in it waiting to be released by a person of sufficient skill to chip away the unnecessary parts. Just as the sculptor is to the marble, so is education to the soul. It releases it. For only educated people are free people. You cannot create a statue by smashing the marble with a hammer, and you cannot by the force of arms release the spirit or the soul of people.
In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the target, he turns round and seeks for the cause of his failure in himself.
The demands that good people make are upon themselves; Those that bad people make are upon others.
By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
The inner nature of man is the province of Music.
A man should demand much from himself, but little from others. When you meet a man of worth, think how you may attain to his excellence. When you meet an unworthy one, then look within and examine yourself.
One who can move mountains start with the little stones.
I daily examine myself on three points: In planning for others, have I failed in conscientiousness? In intercourse with friends, have I been insincere? And have I failed to practice what I have been taught?
A gentleman wishes to be slow to speak and quick to act.
From the Son of Heaven down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything besides.
Wealth and rank are what men desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed. Poverty and obscurity are what men detest; but unless prosperity be brought about in the right way, they are not to be abandoned.
A good man will certainly also possess courage; but a brave man is not necessarily good.
The Master said, "Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not abide them. Poverty and disgrace are things that all people hate, and yet unless they are avoided in the proper way I will not despise them. If the gentleman abandons ren, how can he be worthy of that name? The gentleman does not violate ren even for the amount of time required to eat a meal. Even in times of urgency or distress, he does not depart from it."
The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.
If I hold up one corner of a square and the student cannot workout the other three for himself, I won't go any further.
If language is not rectified, words do not correspond to meaning, and if words do not correspond to meaning, our deeds cannot be accomplished.
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