"You can successfully force people to follow..." - Quote by Confucius
You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it.
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“How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up to the height of heaven. All-complete is its greatness! It embraces the three hundred rules of ceremony, and the three thousand rules of demeanor. It waits for the proper man, and then it is trodden. Hence it is said, 'Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.'”
“If you yourself desire establishment, then help others to get establishment; if you yourself want success, then help others to attain success.”
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