Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles

Quote by Confucius

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Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.

Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.

It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife.

It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife.

Study the past if you would divine the future

Study the past if you would divine the future

Love is the expression of simplicity in emotion, the unattainable longing that comes so unexpectedly,...

Love is the expression of simplicity in emotion, the unattainable longing that comes so unexpectedly,...

Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star

Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their...

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their...

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

Silence is a friend who will never betray

Silence is a friend who will never betray

It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.

It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.

Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.

It is only the wisest and the stupidest that cannot change.

It is only the wisest and the stupidest that cannot change.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the...

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the...

What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in...

What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in...

To be in ones own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the...

To be in ones own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the...

We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.

We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey.

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what...

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what...