Confucius Quotes
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A reasonable man adjusts himself to the world. An unreasonable man expects the world to adjust itself to him. Therefore all progress is made by unreasonable people.
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What the great learning teaches, is to illustrate illustrious virtue; to renovate the people; and to rest in the highest excellence.
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The superior man honors his virtuous nature, and maintains constant inquiry and study, seeking to carry it out to its breadth and greatness, so as to omit none of the more exquisite and minute points which it embraces, and to raise it to its greatest height and brilliancy.
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If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
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When a man feels the difficulty of doing, can he be other than cautious and slow in speaking?
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In your promises cleave to what is right, And you will be able to fulfill your word.
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Does Heaven ever speak? The four seasons come and go, and all creatures thrive and grow. Does Heaven ever speak!
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The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.
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Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be worth knowing.
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If I am virtuous and worthy, for whom should I not maintain a proper concern?
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The superior person is calm and composed; the lesser person is continuously worried and distressed.
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If I do not participate in the sacrifice, it is as if I did not sacrifice at all.
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If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one's entire life, perhaps it would be 'thoughtfulness.
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Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. To see it a person only needs to imagine how it could be worse.
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A true gentleman makes demands upon himself but not upon others.
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The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.
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Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
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Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.
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The gentleman prefers to be slow in word but diligent in action.
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Your eyes are always bigger than your stomach.
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Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others.
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A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present? If he reach the age of forty or fifty, and has not made himself heard of, then indeed he will not be worth being regarded with respect.
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Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
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Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.