Tag: Quotation

Principles of Excellence ~ The Imaginative Conservative

By Sima Qian When one sets to work, one should be liberal but strict, gentle but firm, frank but reverent, orderly but alert, compliant but courageous, forthright but warm, easy going but unyielding, resolute but sincere, forceful but righteous. If one can manifest these… Continue Reading “Principles of Excellence ~ The Imaginative Conservative”

Confucian Proper Order and the Commonwealth—TIC

Confucius The illustrious ancients, when they wished to make clear and to propagate the highest virtues in the world, put their states in proper order. Before putting their states in proper order, they regulated their families. Before regulating their families… they perfected their souls.… Continue Reading “Confucian Proper Order and the Commonwealth—TIC”