What The Wise Seek Is In Themselves

To Put The World In Order, We Must First Put The Nation In Order; To Put The Nation In Order, We Must First Put The Family In Order; To Put The Family In Order; We Must First Cultivate Our Personal Life; We Must First Set Our Hearts Right.

The Master Said, “what A Worthy Man Was Yan Hui! Living In A Narrow Alley, Subsisting Upon Meager Bits Of Rice And Water—other People Could Not Have Borne Such Hardship, And Yet It Never Spoiled Hui’s Joy. What A Worthy Man Was Hui!” (analects 6.11)

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.

When You Locate Good In Yourself, Approve Of It With Determination. When You Locate Evil In Yourself, Despise It As Something Detestable.

The Wise Find Pleasure In Water; The Virtuous Find Pleasure In Hills. The Wise Are Active; The Virtuous Are Tranquil. The Wise Are Joyful; The Virtuous Are Long-lived.