During one of their conversations the students of Confucius asked him a question."
"Why don't the master go and talk to the emperor as no one can speak so eloquently?”
Confucius smiled and said that the emperor himself makes lively and wonderful speeches.
The students not accepting the answer said, “Then both of you will have so much to talk about.”
Confucius took a moment and answered, “Wonderful speeches are nothing more than polish of techniques, they do not themselves contain any virtues.”
“What is the secret of virtue then master?”
“The knowledge on how to use mind, heart, discipline and emotion.”
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