Confucius Quotes
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To know what is the right thing to do and not do it is the greatest cowardice.
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Those who make virtue their profession are the ruin of virtue.
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A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.
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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 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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Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.
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When admins have faults, they do not fear to ignore them.
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Respect the gods and the devils but keep them at a distance.
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Even if I could, I would not exahnge their virtues for my own. And that is why they are intent on learning from me.
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I have yet to meet a man as fond of high moral conduct as he is of outward appearances.
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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
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If I am building a mountain and stop before the last basketful of earth is placed on the summit, I have failed.
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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 expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
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Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in men's clothes.
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Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?
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I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.
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She who is born with beauty is born with a sorrow for many a man.
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Whatever heaven ordains is best.
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To take what you know for what you know, and what you do not know for what you do not know, that is knowledge indeed.
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Wisdom delights in water; love delights in hills. Wisdom is stirring; love is quiet. Wisdom is merry; love grows old.
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Please stop waiting for a better and more appropriate time to become happy and focus on the moment you live in. Happiness is not an arrival, it is the journey itself. Many people seek for happiness above the height of human beings, some below. Yet, happiness is exactly at the exact height of human beings.
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Keep it simple and focus on what matters. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed.
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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.