The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.
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One who is by nature daring and is suffering from poverty will not long be law-abiding. Indeed, any men, save those that are truly good, if their sufferings are very great, will be likely to rebel.Kung Fu-tzu Confucius
From the Emperor down to the masses of the people, All must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything else.
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A gentleman does not promote a man on account of what he says nor does he reject sayings, because the speaker is what he is.
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The rich fool is like a pig that is choked by its own fat.
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The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.
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When internal examination discovers nothing wrong, what is there to be anxious about, what is there to fear.
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