The object of the superior man is truth.
From Confucius
To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.
To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.
If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?
Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?
The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.
He who acts with a constant view to his own advantage will be much murmured against.
Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety.
If some years were added to my life, I would give fifty to the study of the Yi, and then I might come to be without great faults.
Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
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