El pueblo antiguo que deseaba tener una clara armonía moral en el mundo, ordenaba primero su vida nacional; los que deseaban ordenar su vida nacional regulaban primero su vida familiar; los que deseaban regular su vida familiar cultivaban primero sus vidas personales; los que deseaban cultivar sus vidas personales enderezaban primero sus corazones; quienes deseaban enderezar sus corazones hacían primero sinceras sus voluntades; los que deseaban hacer sinceras sus voluntades llegaban primero a la comprensión; la comprensión proviene de la exploración del conocimiento de las cosas.

Cuando se gana el conocimiento de las cosas se logra la comprensión; cuando se gana la comprensión, la voluntad es sincera; cuando la voluntad es sincera, el corazón se endereza; cuando el corazón se endereza, se cultiva la vida personal; cuando la vida personal se cultiva, se regula la vida familiar; cuando se regula la vida familiar, la vida nacional es ordenada, y cuando la vida nacional es ordenada, el mundo está en paz.

Desde el Emperador hasta el hombre común, el cultivo de la vida personal es el cimiento para todo. Es imposible que cuando los cimientos no están en orden se halle en orden la superestructura. Jamás ha habido un árbol de tronco delgado cuyas ramas superiores sean pesadas y fuertes.

Hay una causa y una secuencia en las cosas, y un comienzo y un fin en los asuntos humanos.

Conocer el orden de precedencia es tener el comienzo de la sabiduría.


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When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine...
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To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are grav...
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Choose a job you like and you will never have to work a day of your life.
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The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort.
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Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue
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To see what is right, and not do it, is want of courage, or of principle.
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Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
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By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, ...
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Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
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Make fair agreements and stick to them
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Learning without thought is labor lost.
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Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object? -Confucius.
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The gentleman understands rightousness, the petty man understands interest. .
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Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. -Confucius.
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Gravity is only the bark of wisdom; but it preserves it.
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
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Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.
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The superior man is firm in the right way, and not merely firm.
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Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
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Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.
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With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow-I have still joy in the...
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Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.
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Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.
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Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of los...
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The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first...
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To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.
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The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
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To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity,...
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Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.
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If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face ...
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If you lead on the people with correctness, who will dare not to be correct?
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Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
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The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man ...
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The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort, is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue is at hand.
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To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
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He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being the object of...
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It is better to play than do nothing
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Forget injuries; never forget kindness.
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Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star
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When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them
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When anger rises, think of the consequences
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Tsze-Kung asked, "Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life?" The ...
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Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance.
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The cautious seldom err.
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If you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?.
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There are 3 elements essential in the matters of the State, Food, Military equipment, and Confidence...
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Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men.
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When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
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If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of...
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Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean.
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The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first...
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A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.
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To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.
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A picture is a poem without words.
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Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.
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By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation,...
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Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors
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It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.
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If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the goo...
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Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses
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When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps...
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Heaven means to be one with God. - Confucius,
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If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought t...
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To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five ...
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There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation...
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Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
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