I Used To Listen To What Others

A Gentleman Would Be Ashamed Should His Deeds Not Match His Words.

The Master Said Of Gong Yechang, “he Is Marriageable. Although He Was Once Imprisoned And Branded As A Criminal, He Was In Fact Innocent Of Any Crime.” The Master Gave Him His Daughter In Marriage. (analects 5.1)

Some Are Born With Knowledge, Some Derive It From Study, And Some Acquire It Only After A Painful Realization Of Their Ignorance. But The Knowledge Being Possessed, It Comes To The Same Thing. Some Study With A Natural Ease, Some From A Desire For Advantages, And Some By Strenuous Effort. But The Achievement Being Made, It Comes To The Same Thing.

If I Give A Student One-fourth Of What He Should Know, I Expect Him To Get The Other Three-fourths Himself, Otherwise I Do Not Want Him As A Student.

Knowing Something Is Not As Good As Liking It. Liking Something Is Not As Good As Rejoicing In It.