Confucius Quotes
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Baseball is wrong, man with four balls cannot walk.
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Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.
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Study the past if you would define the future. I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there. Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
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The people may be put into the way they should go, though they may not be put into the way of understanding it.
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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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I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.
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Some may study side by side, and yet be asunder when they come to the logic of things.
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A good man is not mine to see. Could I see a man possessed of constancy, that would satisfy me.
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Excess weakens the spirits.
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The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
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To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.
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I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.
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A disciple having asked for a definition of charity, the Master said LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
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If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.
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To be fond of learning is to draw close to wisdom. To practice with vigor is to draw close to benevolence. To know the sense of shame is to draw close to courage. He who knows these three things knows how to cultivate his own character. Knowing how to cultivate his own character, he knows how to govern other men. Knowing how to govern other men, he knows how to govern the world, its states, and its families.
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The way of Heaven and Earth may be completely declared in one sentence: They are without any doubleness, and so they produce things in a manner that is unfathomable.
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When you serve your mother and father it is okay to try to correct them once in a while. But if you see that they are not going to listen to you, keep your respect for them and don't distance yourself from them. Work without complaining.
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Words are the voice of the heart.
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No lake so still but it has its wave. No circle so perfect but that it has its blur. I would change things for you if I could; As I can't you must take them as they are.
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When wealth is centralized, the people are dispersed. When wealth is distributed, the people are brought together.
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If I give a student one-fourth of what he should know, I expect him to get the other three-fourths himself, otherwise I do not want him as a student.
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It is better not to proceed at all than to proceed without purpose.
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When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
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Whatever heaven ordains is best.