The philosopher Tsang said, "I daily examine myself on three points:—whether, in transacting business for others, I may have been not faithful;—whether, in intercourse with friends, I may have been not sincere;—whether I may have not mastered and practised the instructions of my teacher."
曾子曰、吾日三省吾身、爲人謀、而不忠乎、與朋友交、而不信乎、傳不習乎。
Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.
Truth is higher than everything; but higher still is truthful living.
O ye who believe! Fear Allah, and (always) say a word directed to the Right:
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Him I call indeed a Brâhmana who utters true speech, instructive and free from harshness, so that he offend no one.
By sincerity in religious practice he obtains proficiency in it; being proficient in it he will act up to his words.
The true prevails, not the untrue; by the true the path is laid out, the way of the gods (devayânah), on which the old sages, satisfied in their desires, proceed to where there is that highest place of the True One.