Confucius Quotes
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If you don't know how to serve men, why worry about serving the gods?
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It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
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Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?
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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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Man who want pretty nurse, must be patient.
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Which demands a lot of himself and some others, will be free from hatred.
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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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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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The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.
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If you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?
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To prefer it is better than to only know it. To delight in it is better than merely to prefer it.
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At fifteen my mind was directed to study, and at thirty I knew where to stand.
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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.
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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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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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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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Tell people - and they may forget... show them - they may remember... but involve them and they will understand.
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To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.
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Eat at your own as you would the table of a king.
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Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
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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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Clever talk can confound the workings of virtue, just as small impatiences can confound great projects.