Confucius Quotes
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Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.
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It is better to play than do nothing.
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Grieve not that men do not know you; grieve that you do not know men.
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In speaking, it is best to be clear and say just enough to convey the meaning.
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A country of a thousand war-chariots cannot be administered unless the ruler attends strictly to business, punctually observes his promises, is economical in expenditure, loves the people, and uses the labor of the peasantry only at the proper times of year.
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Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others.
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The person of benevolence never worries.
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There are three marks of a superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; being wise, he is free from perplexity; being brave, he is free from fear.
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Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity.
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
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Those who understands is not better than those who appreciates, those who appreciates is not better than those who enjoys.
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We should worship as though the deity were present.
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The love to Wisdom is getting closer to the own bright path.
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It is the way of the superior man to prefer the concealment of his virtue, while it daily becomes more illustrious, and it is the way of the mean man to seek notoriety, while he daily goes more and more to ruin.
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The requisites of government are that there be sufficiency of food, sufficiency of military equipment, and the confidence of the people in their ruler.
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When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.
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The gentleman desires to be halting in speech but quick in action.
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The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.
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Earnest in practicing the ordinary virtues, and careful in speaking about them, if, in his practice, he has anything defective, the superior man dares not but exert himself; and if, in his words, he has any excess, he dares not allow himself such license.
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From the loving example of one family a whole State may become loving, and from its courtesies, courteous; while from the ambition and perverseness of the one man the whole State may be thrown into rebellious disorder. Such is the nature of influence.
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The failure to cultivate virtue, the failure to examine and analyze what I have learned, the inability to move toward righteousness after being shown the way, the inability to correct my faults-these are the causes of my grief.
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By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
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When a man is guided by the principles of reciprocity and consciousness, he is not far from the moral law. Whatever you don't wish for yourself don't do unto others.
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When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self.