Tao Te Ching

“The bad man is the man who—no matter how good he has been—begins to deteriorate, to grow less good. The good man is the one who—no matter how morally unworthy he has been—is moving to become better. Such a conception makes one severe in judging himself, and humane in judging others.”

— John Dewey 1859 – 1952 CE
The "Second Confucius"
from Reconstruction in Philosophy, 1920