One has the virtue and integrity to be steadfast, and then one can be adaptable. 德操然后能定,能定然后能应。
Extract | Xunzi, Exhortation to Learning 《荀子·劝学》(II)
So voices will not go unheard because they are faint, actions will not go unnoticed because they are hidden. 故声无小而不闻,行无隐而不形。
Why am I posting extracts of ancient China?
I am already too uncomfortable to be a silent witness of great changes in history.
Extract | Xunzi, Exhortation to Learning 《荀子·劝学》(I)
"The qualification of a gentleman is not different from the average person, but the gentleman is good with the help of external objects." 君子生非异也,善假于物也。