Below are the best resources we could find featuring confucius about inner strengths.
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The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.
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Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be worth knowing.
Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it.
If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character. If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nations. When there is order in the nations, there will peace in the world.
A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely of shabby clothing or modest meals is not even worth conversing with.
To see what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
If you can practice these five things with all the people, you can be called jen. . . . Courtesy, generosity, honesty, persistence, and kindness. If you are courteous, you will not be disrespected. If you are generous, you will gain everything. If you are honest, people will rely on you.
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