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The Master Said, The Case Is Like That Of Someone Raising A Mound. If He Stops Working, The Fact That It Perhaps Needed Only One More Basketful Makes No Difference; I Stay Where I Am. Whereas Even If He Has Not Got Beyond Leveling The Ground, But Is Still At Work, The Fact That He Has Only Tilted One Basketful Of Earth Makes No Difference. I Go To Help Him.

-Confucius

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The Master Said, The Case Is Like That Of Someone Raising A Mound. If He Stops Working, The Fact That It Perhaps Needed Only One More Basketful Makes No Difference; I Stay Where I Am. Whereas Even If He Has Not Got Beyond Leveling The Ground, But Is Still At Work, The Fact That He Has Only Tilted One Basketful Of Earth Makes No Difference. I Go To Help Him.

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You Will Never Know How Sharp A Sword Is Unless It's Drawn From Its Sheath

Sir, In Carrying On Your Government, Why Should You Use Killing At All? Let Your Evinced Desires Be For What Is Good, And The People Will Be Good. The Relation Between Superiors And Inferiors Is Like That Between The Wind And The Grass. The Grass Must Bend, When The Wind Blows Across It.

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Slater Soaks Into The Mind As Water Into Low And Marshy Places, Where It Becomes Stagnant And Offensive.

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Reviewing The Day's Lessons. Isn't It Joyful? Friends Come From Far. Isn't It Delightful? One Has Never Been Angry At Other's Misunderstanding. Isn't He A Respectable Man?

Possessed Of Courage But Devoid Of Morality, A Superior Man Will Make Trouble While A Small Man Will Be A Brigand.

The Superior Man Does Not Mind Being In Office; All He Minds About Is Whether He Has Qualities That Entitle Him To Office. He Does Not Mind Failing To Get Recognition; He Is Too Busy Doing The Things That Entitle Him To Recognition.

To Go Beyond Is As Wrong As To Fall Short.

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Eat At Your Own As You Would The Table Of A King.

Sincerity Becomes Apparent. From Being Apparent, It Becomes Manifest. From Being Manifest, It Becomes Brilliant. Brilliant, It Affects Others. Affecting Others, They Are Changed By It. Changed By It, They Are Transformed. It Is Only He Who Is Possessed Of The Most Complete Sincerity That Can Exist Under Heaven, Who Can Transform.

Humility Is The Solid Foundation Of All Virtues.

Every Thoughtful Pin On Pinterest Has Beauty. But Not Everyone Can See.

Does Heaven Ever Speak? The Four Seasons Come And Go, And All Creatures Thrive And Grow. Does Heaven Ever Speak!

A Knight Whose Heart Is Set Upon The Way, But Who Is Ashamed Of Wearing Shabby Clothes And Eating Coarse Food, Is Not Worth Calling Into Counsel.

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Attack The Evil That Is Within Yourself, Rather Than Attacking The Evil That Is In Others.

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