“Lord Chi Wen thought three times before taking any action. When the Master heard this, he said: Twice is plenty enough.”
― The Analects
― The Analects
“Worthy admonitions cannot fail to inspire us, but what matters is changing ourselves. Reverent advice cannot fail to encourage us, but what matters is acting on it. Encouraged without acting, inspired without changing – there’s nothing to be done for such people.”
― The Analects
― The Analects
“The nobler type of man is broad-minded and not prejudiced. The inferior man is prejudiced and not broad-minded.”
― The Analects
― The Analects
“Is it not indeed a pleasure to acquire knowledge and constantly to exercise oneself therein?”
― The Analects
― The Analects
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