Rate the task above the prize; will not the mind be raised? Fight thine own faults, not the faults of others; will not evil be mended?
ConfuciusTo practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
ConfuciusCharity 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.
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