Confucius Quotes
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Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?
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Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
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The superior man is quiet and calm, waiting for the appointments of heaven, while the mean man walks in dangerous paths, looking for lucky occurrences.
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Sir, in carrying on your government, why should you use killing at all? Let your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it.
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The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.
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The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear.
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I followed my heart without breaking any rules.
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He who flatters a man is his enemy. he who tells him of his faults is his maker.
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See a person's means ... Observe his motives. Examine that in which he rests. How can a person conceal his character?
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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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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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The journey with a 1000 miles begins with one step.
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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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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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He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
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It is man that makes truth great, and not truth that makes man great.
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When you are ignorant about something, to know that you are ignorant about it - that is knowledge.
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Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.
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Of all that Heaven produces and nourishes, there is none so great as man.
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A person of character takes as much trouble to discover what is right as the lesser men take to discover what will pay.
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I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.
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The only people who cannot change are the most wise and the most stupid.
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The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities.