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The Analects – Chapter 16 (1.16). Self-knowledge over external validation
The Master said, “(The good man) Does not grieve that other people do not recognize his merits. His only anxiety is lest he should fail to recognize theirs.”
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The Analects – Chapter 14 (1.14). The passion for learning
The Master said, “A gentleman who never goes on eating till he is sated, who does not demand comfort in his home, who is diligent in business and cautious in speech, who associates with those that possess the Dao and thereby corrects his own faults – such a one may indeed be said to…