King's Kung-Fu& Tai Chi

Quotes about virtue and goodness

  1. The Master said, "If the will be set on virtue, there will be no practice of wickedness.

  2. The Master said, "It is only the (truly) virtuous man, who can love, or who can hate, others.

  3. The Master said, "Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practises it will have neighbors.

  4. The Commander stands for the virtues of wisdom, sincerity, benevolence, courage and strictness.

  5. The Master said, "Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.

  6. Mencius said, 'If the sovereign be benevolent, all will be benevolent. If the sovereign be righteous, all will be righteous.'

  7. The Master said, "The mind of the superior man is conversant with righteousness; the mind of the mean man is conversant with gain.

  8. Mencius said, 'Benevolence is the distinguishing characteristic of man. As embodied in man's conduct, it is called the path of duty.'

  1. The Master said, "Perfect is the virtue which is according to the Constant Mean! Rare for a long time has been its practise among the people.

  2. Mencius said, 'Acts of propriety which are not really proper, and acts of righteousness which are not really righteous, the great man does not do.'

  3. Mencius said, 'A bad year cannot prove the cause of death to him whose stores of gain are large; an age of corruption cannot confound him whose equipment of virtue is complete.'

  4. Mencius said, 'Words which are not true are inauspicious, and the words which are most truly obnoxious to the name of inauspicious, are those which throw into the shade men of talents and virtue.'

  5. Mencius said, 'There are instances of individuals without benevolence, who have got possession of a single State, but there has been no instance of the throne's being got by one without benevolence.'

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