Confucius Quotes
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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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Clever talk can confound the workings of virtue, just as small impatiences can confound great projects.
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The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.
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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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Baseball is wrong, man with four balls cannot walk.
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Which demands a lot of himself and some others, will be free from hatred.
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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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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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How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up to the height of heaven. All-complete is its greatness! It embraces the three hundred rules of ceremony, and the three thousand rules of demeanor. It waits for the proper man, and then it is trodden. Hence it is said, 'Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.'
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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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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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When admins have faults, they do not fear to ignore them.
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Wisdom is rooted in watching with affection the way people grow.
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Man who want pretty nurse, must be patient.
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If you don't know how to serve men, why worry about serving the gods?
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The master said, 'Quietly to store up knowledge in my mind, to learn without flagging, to teach without growing weary, these present me with no difficulties.'
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If you yourself desire establishment, then help others to get establishment; if you yourself want success, then help others to attain success.
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Tell people - and they may forget... show them - they may remember... but involve them and they will understand.
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If you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?
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Eat at your own as you would the table of a king.
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If names are not correct, then language is not in accord with the truth of things. If language is not in accord with the truth of things, then affairs cannot be carried out successfully.
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The journey with a 1000 miles begins with one step.
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Keep it simple and focus on what matters. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed.
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The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.