Among the appliances to transform the people, sound and appearances are but trivial influences.
ConfuciusThe administration of government lies in getting proper men. Such men are to be got by means of the ruler's own character. That character is to be cultivated by his treading in the ways of duty. And the treading those ways of duty is to be cultivated by the cherishing of benevolence.
ConfuciusThe superior man is easy to serve, but difficult to please ... The inferior man is difficult to serve, but easy to please.
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