The Gods Cannot Help Those Who Do

If There Were One Word That Could Act As A Standard Of Conduct For One's Entire Life, Perhaps It Would Be 'thoughtfulness.

He Who Exercises Government By Means Of His Virtue May Be Compared To The North Polar Star, Which Keeps Its Place And All The Stars Turn Towards It.

With Coarse Rice To Eat, With Water To Drink, And My Bent Arm For A Pillow - I Have Still Joy In The Midst Of All These Things.

He Who Rules By Moral Force Is Like The Pole Star, Which Remains In Place While All The Lesser Stars Do Homage To It.

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.