Confucius Quotes
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The gentleman is calm and at ease. The gentleman is dignified but not proud; the small man is proud but not dignified.
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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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I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.
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One who will study for three years. Without thought of reward. Would be hard indeed to find.
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Reviewing the day's lessons. Isn't it joyful? Friends come from far. Isn't it delightful? One has never been angry at other's misunderstanding. Isn't he a respectable man?
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The way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse the space that is near, and in ascending a height, when we must begin from the lower ground.
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Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
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The master said, 'Quietly to store up knowledge in my mind, to learn without flagging, to teach without growing weary, these present me with no difficulties.'
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Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.
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At fifteen my mind was directed to study, and at thirty I knew where to stand.
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You judge yourself by what you think you can achieve, others judge you by what have achieved.
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Transport a handful of earth everyday and you will make a mountain.
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Listen widely to remove your doubts and be careful when speaking about the rest and your mistakes will be few.
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Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.
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The Master said of Gong Yechang, “He is marriageable. Although he was once imprisoned and branded as a criminal, he was in fact innocent of any crime.” The Master gave him his daughter in marriage. (Analects 5.1)
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What the wise seek is in themselves.
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The silent treasuring up of knowledge; learning without satiety; and instructing others without being wearied: which one of these things belongs to me?
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A good man will certainly also possess courage; but a brave man is not necessarily good.
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Writing cannot express all words, words cannot encompass all ideas.
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To know and not do, is to not yet know.
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To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
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To err and not reform, this may indeed be called error.
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An image is better than one thousand words.
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The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous.