The Master said, At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities. At fifty, I knew what were the biddings of Heaven. At sixty, I heard them with docile ear. At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of righ.
ConfuciusMan is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune.
ConfuciusLead the people with administrative injunctions and put them in their place with penal law, and they will avoid punishments but will be without a sense of shame. Lead them with excellence and put them in their place through roles and ritual practices, and in addition to developing a sense of shame, they will order themselves harmoniously
ConfuciusRate 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?
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