Confucius Quotes
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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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Though Confucius served the Duke of Lu, a Chinese state, he made many enemies with the nobles of the land. His views antagonized the powerful nobles, who wanted the Duke to be a puppet in their hands. Confucius was exiled from the State of Lu for more than two decades. He lived in the countryside, spreading his teachings.
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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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Keep it simple and focus on what matters. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed.
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Whatever heaven ordains is best.
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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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Which demands a lot of himself and some others, will be free from hatred.
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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 you reflect within yourself and find nothing to be ashamed of, how could you have anxiety or fear.
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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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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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Tell people - and they may forget... show them - they may remember... but involve them and they will understand.
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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.
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No lake so still but it has its wave. No circle so perfect but that it has its blur. I would change things for you if I could; As I can't you must take them as they are.
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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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Clever talk can confound the workings of virtue, just as small impatiences can confound great projects.
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If you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?
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If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?
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When admins have faults, they do not fear to ignore them.
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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.