"Man is born with uprightness. If one..." - Quote by Confucius
Man is born with uprightness. If one loses it, he will be lucky if he escapes with his life.
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“It is true that we shall not be able to reach perfection, but in our struggle toward it we shall strengthen our characters and give stability to our ideas, so that, whilst ever advancing calmly in the same direction, we shall be rendered capable of applying the faculties with which we have been gifted to the best possible account.”
“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”
“What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?”
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“I have even seen the writings suggesting that I am playing a deep game, that I am using the present turmoil to foist my fads on India, and am making religious experiments at India's expense. I can only answer that Satyagraha is made of sterner stuff. There is nothing reserved and nothing secret in it.”
“He that filches from me my good name robs me of that which enriches him and makes me poor indeed.”
“Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.”
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“The test of Ahimsa is absence of jealousy.”
“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”
“There are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue; They give as in yonder valley the myrtle breathes its fragrance into space.”