Heaven Sends Down Its Good And Evil

The Virtuous Will Be Sure To Speak Uprightly; But Those Whose Speech Is Upright May Not Be Virtuous.

A Workman Who Wants To Do His Work Well Must First Prepare His Tools.

The Master Said, At Fifteen I Set My Heart Upon Learning. At Thirty, I Had Planted My Feet Firm Upon The Ground. At Forty, I No Longer Suffered From Perplexities. At Fifty, I Knew What Were The Biddings Of Heaven. At Sixty, I Heard Them With Docile Ear. At Seventy, I Could Follow The Dictates Of My Own Heart; For What I Desired No Longer Overstepped The Boundaries Of Righ.

What Is God-given Is Called Nature; To Follow Nature Is Called Tao (the Way); To Cultivate The Way Is Called Culture. Before Joy, Anger, Sadness And Happiness Are Expressed, They Are Called The Inner Self; When They Are Expressed To The Proper Degree, They Are Called Harmony. The Inner Self Is The Correct Foundation Of The World, And The Harmony Is The Illustrious Way. When A Man Has Achieved The Inner Self And Harmony, The Heaven And Earth Are Orderly And The Myriad Of Things Are Nourished And Grow Thereby.

The Superior Man Has Nothing To Compete For. But If He Must Compete, He Does It In An Archery Match, Wherein He Ascends To His Position, Bowing In Deference. Descending, He Drinks The Ritual Cup.