To Know It Is Not As Good

A Picture Is Poem Without Words.

The Failure To Cultivate Virtue, The Failure To Examine And Analyze What I Have Learned, The Inability To Move Toward Righteousness After Being Shown The Way, The Inability To Correct My Faults-these Are The Causes Of My Grief.

Without Goodness A Man Cannot Endure Adversity For Long, Nor Can He Enjoy Prosperity For Long. The Good Man Is Naturally At Ease With Goodness. The Wise Man Cultivates Goodness For Its Advantage.

If The People Are Governed By Laws And Punishment Is Used To Maintain Order, They Will Try To Avoid The Punishment But Have No Sense Of Shame. If They Are Governed By Virtue And Rules Of Propriety Are Used To Maintain Order, They Will Have A Sense Of Shame And Will Become Good As Well.

It Is True That We Shall Not Be Able To Reach Perfection, But In Our Struggle Toward It We Shall Strengthen Our Characters And Give Stability To Our Ideas, So That, Whilst Ever Advancing Calmly In The Same Direction, We Shall Be Rendered Capable Of Applying The Faculties With Which We Have Been Gifted To The Best Possible Account.