Confucius Quotes
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The rich fool is like a pig that is choked by its own fat.
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The Essence of Knowledge is, having it, to use it.
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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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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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A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?
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The only people who cannot change are the most wise and the most stupid.
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The whole end of speech is to be understood.
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Who heeds not the future will find sorrow at hand.
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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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Character is the backbone of our human culture. Music is the flowering of character.
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I followed my heart without breaking any rules.
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Don't let your past determine your destiny.
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He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
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There is nothing more visible than what is secret, and nothing more manifest than what is minute.
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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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Which demands a lot of himself and some others, will be free from hatred.
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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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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.
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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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A man living without conflicts, as if he never lives at all.
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Do not treat others as you yourself would not be treated.
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If you don't know how to serve men, why worry about serving the gods?
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Whatever heaven ordains is best.
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Tell people - and they may forget... show them - they may remember... but involve them and they will understand.