„To entire sincerity there belongs ceaselessness.“

— Confucius

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„Thus his words have respect to his actions, and his actions have respect to his words; is it not just an entire sincerity which marks the superior man?“
— Confucius
„It is characteristic of the most entire sincerity to be able to foreknow. When a nation or family is about to flourish, there are sure to be happy omens; and when it is about to perish, there are sure to be unlucky omens.“
— Confucius
„Sincerity is the way of Heaven. The attainment of sincerity is the way of men.“
— Confucius
„It is only the individual possessed of the most entire sincerity that can exist under Heaven, who can adjust the great invariable relations of mankind, establish the great fundamental virtues of humanity, and know the transforming and nurturing operations of Heaven and Earth“
— Confucius
„When we have intelligence resulting from sincerity, this condition is to be ascribed to nature; when we have sincerity resulting from intelligence, this condition is to be ascribed to instruction. But given the sincerity, and there shall be the intelligence; given the intelligence, and there shall be the sincerity.“
— Confucius
„Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.“
— Confucius