Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.
ConfuciusI am not bothered by the fact that I am not understood. I am bothered when I do not know others.
ConfuciusThe silent treasuring up of knowledge; learning without satiety; and instructing others without being wearied: which one of these things belongs to me?
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