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Do unto others what you want done unto you.
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Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.
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With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of all these things.
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In vain I have looked for a single man capable of seeing his own faults and bringing the charge home against himself.
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Big head, target for enemy; big heart, target for friend.
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The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.
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A heart set on love will do no wrong.
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The Master said, If out of the three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teachings, I would say 'Let there be no evil in your thoughts.'
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It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.
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I used to take on trust a man's deeds after having listened to his words. Now having listened to a man's words I go on to observe his deeds.
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Let a ruler base his government upon virtuous principles, and he will be like the pole-star, which remains steadfast in its place, while all the host of stars turn towards it.
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Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.
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Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.
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As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances.
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Be in harmony, yet be different.
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The wise man admires water, the kind man admires mountains. The wise man moves, the kind man rests. The wise man is happy, the kind man is firm.
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Study as if you have not reached your goal - hold it as if you were afraid of losing what you have.
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It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.
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The superior man, while his parents are alive, reverently nourishes them; and, when they are dead, reverently sacrifices to them. His thought to the end of his life is how not to disgrace them.
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Love others as you would love yourself, judge others as you would judge yourself, cherish others as you would cherish yourself. When you wish for others as you wish for yourself and when you protect others as you would protect yourself, that's when you can say it's true love.
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There are not the weeds the ones that drown the good seed, but the negligence of the peasant.
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The sun and moon shine on all without partiality.
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I do not enlighten those who are not eager to learn, nor arouse those who are not anxious to give an explanation themselves. If I have presented one corner of the square and they cannot come back to me with the other three, I should not go over the points again.
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He who crosses the ocean twice without washing is a dirty double crosser.