Confucius Quotes
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Those who make virtue their profession are the ruin of virtue.
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If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.
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The Master said, "A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present."
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To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. When you say something, say what you know. When you don't know something, say you don't know. That is knowledge.
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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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The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities.
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The Essence of Knowledge is, having it, to use it.
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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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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 rich fool is like a pig that is choked by its own fat.
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See a person's means ... Observe his motives. Examine that in which he rests. How can a person conceal his character?
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Shall I tell you what knowledge is? It is to know both what one knows and what one does not know.
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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 path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.
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Give a man a fish, feed home for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed for a lifetime.
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With a heavy load and a long journey.
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Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.
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A gentleman wishes to be slow to speak and quick to act.
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Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
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Man who want pretty nurse, must be patient.
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It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger.
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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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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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You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it.