"The Master said, “A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present.”(Analects 2.11)












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"Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.
"Time flows away like the water in the river.
"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
"The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?
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