Confucius Quotes
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I know how the birds fly, how the fishes swim, how animals run. But there is the Dragon. I cannot tell how it mounts on the winds through the clouds and flies through heaven. Today I have seen the Dragon.
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Riches and honor are what everyone desires, but if they can be gained only by doing evil, they must not be held. Don't worry about not being in office, worry about qualifying yourself for office. Don't worry that no one knows you, but seek to be worthy of being known.
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Remember even when alone, that the divine is everywhere.
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At fifteen, my mind was bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven. At sixty, my ear was receptive to truth. At seventy, I could follow my heart's desires without sin
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Be faithful and true of word; let thy walk be plain and lowly: thou wilt get on, though in savage land. If thy words be not faithful and true, thy walk plain and lowly, wilt thou get on, though in thine own home? Standing, see these words ranged before thee; driving, see them written upon the yoke. Then thou wilt get on.
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Eat at your own as you would the table of a king.
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There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life -reciprocity.
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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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It is goodness that gives to a neighborhood its beauty. One who is free to choose, yet does not prefer to dwell among the good - how can he be accorded the name of wise?
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The gentleman prefers to be slow in word but diligent in action.
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
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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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The more you know yourself, the more you forgive yourself.
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The Master said, "A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present."
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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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Wouldst thou know if a people be well governed, or if its laws be good or bad, examine the music it practices.
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If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.
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If the people be led by laws, and uniformity sought to be given them by punishments, they will try to avoid the punishment, but have no sense of shame.
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Man who want pretty nurse, must be patient.
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It doesn't make a difference how gradually you go so long as you don't stop.
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If you reflect within yourself and find nothing to be ashamed of, how could you have anxiety or fear.
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You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it.
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Do not treat others as you yourself would not be treated.
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The Essence of Knowledge is, having it, to use it.