K'ung Fu-tzu
Confucius
551 - 479 B.C.E.
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Some thoughts from Confucius on self-improvement:
"The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development
He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.
A gentleman considers what is right; the vulgar consider what will pay.
To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall
The superior man is firm in the right way, and not merely firm.
The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
If one's character is rectified, then things will get done without orders. If one cannot rectify one's own character, what has one to do with rectifying others?
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without."
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