The Eastern way
Laozi, Zhuangzi and Confucius in six passages: non-action, muddy water clearing by itself, and the virtue of the superior man.
Day 1
“Who can make the muddy water clear? Let it be still, and it will gradually become clear.”
— Laozi, The Tao Teh King, or the Tao and its Characteristics
Day 2
“The superior man bends his attention to what is radical. That being established, all practical courses naturally grow up.”
— Confucius, The Analects (from the Chinese Classics)
Day 3
“Great truths do not take hold of the hearts of the masses.”
— Zhuang Zhou, Chuang Tzu Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer
Day 4
“When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it — this is knowledge.”
— Confucius, The Analects (from the Chinese Classics)
Day 5
“To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.”
— Confucius, The Analects (from the Chinese Classics)
Day 6
“The superior man is catholic and no partisan. The mean man is partisan and not catholic.”
— Confucius, The Analects (from the Chinese Classics)