Confucian Analects

The superior man bends his attention to what is radical. That being established all practical courses naturally grow up. Filial piety and fraternal submission -are they not the root of all benevolent actions?To rule a country of a thousand chariots there must be reverent attention to business and sincerity; economy in expenditure and love for men; and the employment of the people at the proper seasons.If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty and applies it as sincerely to the lov...