The Great Learning

"The way of learning to be great consists in manifesting clear character, loving the people and abiding in the highest good."

"Only after knowing in what to abide can one be calm. Only after having been calm can one be tranquil. Only after achieving tranquility can one repose in peace. Only after reposing in peace can one begin to deliberate. Only after deliberation can the end be attained. Things have their roots and branches.

Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way."