Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others.
ConfuciusThe Master said of Gong Yechang, โHe is marriageable. Although he was once imprisoned and branded as a criminal, he was in fact innocent of any crime.โ The Master gave him his daughter in marriage. (Analects 5.1)
ConfuciusGive a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.
ConfuciusWhat is God-given is called nature; to follow nature is called Tao (the Way); to cultivate the way is called culture. Before joy, anger, sadness and happiness are expressed, they are called the inner self; when they are expressed to the proper degree, they are called harmony. The inner self is the correct foundation of the world, and the harmony is the illustrious Way. When a man has achieved the inner self and harmony, the heaven and earth are orderly and the myriad of things are nourished and grow thereby.
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