Confucius Quotes
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I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.
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When admins have faults, they do not fear to ignore them.
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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
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Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in men's clothes.
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Gentlemen should not waste their time on trivial games -- they should play go.
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Respect the gods and the devils but keep them at a distance.
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If I am building a mountain and stop before the last basketful of earth is placed on the summit, I have failed.
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Words are the voice of the heart.
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If you want to change the world, first change your heart.
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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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If you don't know how to serve men, why worry about serving the gods?
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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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Cultivated people foster what is good in others, not what is bad. Petty people do the opposite.
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Clever talk can confound the workings of virtue, just as small impatiences can confound great projects.
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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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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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Wisdom is rooted in watching with affection the way people grow.
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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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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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In dealing with the dead, if we treat them as if they were entirely dead, that would show a want of affection and should not be done; or, if we treat them as if they were entirely alive, that would show a want of wisdom and should not be done.
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You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it.
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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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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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Not too isolated, not too many relationships, the middle, that's wisdom.