One thing I noticed was about Confucius was that he always says very wise things but all his preachings have to do with love. I think that everything that Confucius did, he did it with love and gave the best of his energy.
"Set your heart upon the way, rely upon Virtue, lean upon Goodness, and explore widely in your cultivation of the arts." This quote is really inspiring. I have really enjoyed reading these analects. There are many lessons to be learned from them. This quote really made me think.
You can understand this quote by dividing it up.
The first part: " Set your heart upon the way… ". Confucius is saying that the "way" is the path of life, so you must love your life and love everything you do in life.
The second part: "…rely upon Virtue…” Here you must always believe that everything you do have a positive outcome and you always have to have faith in that goodness is always on your side.
The last part: "…and explore widely in your cultivation of the arts." Here he is asking all of us to cultivate the arts to help and give new input to the society we are in.
He is asking to be positive and to love and live our lives and love what we do and find the goodness in everything at all times.
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The last sentence is awkward.
Capitalize titles.
Also, these are maxims, not "quotes." Still, you come up with a great strategy to take on the maxims. I'll share this in class, if that's okay.
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