Things Have Their Roots And Branches. Affairs

When Superiors Are Fond Of Showing Their Humanity, Inferiors Try To Outstrip One Another In Their Practice Of It.

The Master Said, "to Study, And Then In A Timely Fashion To Practice What You Have Learned - Is This Not Satisfying? To Have Companions Arrive From Afar - Is This Not A Joy? To Remain Unrecognized By Others And Yet Remain Free Of Resentment - Is This Not The Mark Of The Gentleman?"

The Small Man Thinks That Small Acts Of Goodness Are Of No Benefit, And Does Not Do Them; And That Small Deeds Of Evil Do No Harm, And Does Not Refrain From Them. Hence, His Wickedness Becomes So Great That It Cannot Be Concealed, And His Guilt So Great That It Cannot Be Pardoned.

He Who Will Not Economize Will Agonize

The Archer Who Misses His Mark Does Not Blame The Target. He Stops, Corrects Himself And Shoots Again.