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The Master said:“How supreme is the Doctrine of the Mean!Yet among the people, few have been able to practice it for long!”
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8.21 The Master said,”In Yu I can find no semblance of a flaw. Abstemious in his own food and drink, he displayed the utmost devotion in his offerings to spirits and divinities. Content with the plainest clothes for common wear, he saw to it that his sacrificial apron and ceremonial headdress were of the…
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7.10 When the Master had wailed at a funeral. during the rest of the day he did not sing.
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6.27The Master said, “A gentleman who is widely versed in letters and at the same time knows how to submit his learning to the restraints of ritual is not likely, I think, to go far wrong.”
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5.27 The Master said, “In vain have I looked for a single man capable of seeing his own faults and bringing the charge home against himself.”
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Tasty foods are like poison that perforates your intestines and erodes your bones. So long as you only eat until you are half full no harm will ensue.
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When you face trying circumstances, everything that you encounter has the effect of bitter medicinal herbs and the stone needles used in acupuncture. These needles and medicines serve to refine your character and conduct, although you do not realize it.