“There is a thing inherent and natural, which existed before heaven and earth.”
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“Block the passages, shut the doors, and till the end your strength shall not fail.”
“What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man.”
“Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned?”
“Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.”
“I am not bothered by the fact that I am not understood. I am bothered when I do not know others.”
“Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.”
“If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.”
“When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal.”
“The superior man thinks of virtue; the small man thinks of comfort.”
“The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills.”
“Things have their root and their branches. Affairs have their end and their beginning.”
“The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.”
“Therefore the superior man is watchful over himself, when he is alone.”
“Sincerity is the way of Heaven. The attainment of sincerity is the way of men.”