Humility
In the Book of Songs it is said,
Over her brocaded robe
She wore a plain and simple dress,
In that way showing her dislike of the loudness of its color and magnif-
icence. Thus the ways of the moral man are unobtrusive and yet they grow
more and more in power and evidence; whereas the ways of the vulgar person
are ostentatious, but lose more and more in influence until they perish
and disappear.
The life of the moral man is plain, and yet not unattractive; it is
simple, and yet full of grace; it is easy, and yet methodical. He knows
that accomplishment of great things consists in doing little things well.
He knows that great effects are produced by small causes. He knows the
evidence and reality of what cannot be perceived by the senses. Thus he
is enabled to enter into the world of ideas and morals.
Confucianism. Doctrine of the Mean 33
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