Confucius Quotes
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Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
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It is man that makes truth great, and not truth that makes man great.
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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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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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Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.
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I followed my heart without breaking any rules.
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Great as heaven and earth are, men still find some things in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is that, were the superior man to speak of his way in all its greatness, nothing in the world would be found able to embrace it, and were he to speak of it in its minuteness, nothing in the world would be found able to split it.
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To study and constantly, is this not a pleasure? To have friends come from far away places, is this not a joy? If people do not recognize your worth, but this does not worry you, are you not a true gentleman?
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If a man has no humaneness what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness what can his happiness be like?
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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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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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Respect yourself and others will respect you.
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The only people who cannot change are the most wise and the most stupid.
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A man is great not because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him.
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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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Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.
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The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities.
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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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The Master said, A gentleman, in his plans, thinks of the Way; he does not think how he is going to make a living. Even farming sometimes entails 5 times of shortage; and even learning may incidentally lead to high pay. But a gentleman's anxieties concern the progress of the Way; he has no anxiety concerning poverty.
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Baseball is wrong, man with four balls cannot walk.
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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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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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Those who make virtue their profession are the ruin of virtue.
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It is true that we shall not be able to reach perfection, but in our struggle toward it we shall strengthen our characters and give stability to our ideas, so that, whilst ever advancing calmly in the same direction, we shall be rendered capable of applying the faculties with which we have been gifted to the best possible account.