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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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You turn the handle the way it goes, not the way it ought to go.
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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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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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You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it.
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To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude.
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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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Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.
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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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Give a man a fish, feed home for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed for a lifetime.
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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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You cannot open a book without learning something.
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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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To know and not do, is to not yet know.
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A good man will certainly also possess courage; but a brave man is not necessarily good.
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Sir, in carrying on your government, why should you use killing at all? Let your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it.
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If the search for riches were sure to be successful, though I should become a groom with a whip in my hand to get them, I will do so. As the search may not be successful, I will follow after that which I love.
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Not too isolated, not too many relationships, the middle, that's wisdom.
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He who is harmony with Nature hits the mark without effort and apprehends the truth without thinking.
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The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous.
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Wisdom, humanity & courage, these three are universal virtues. The way by which they are practiced are one.
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An image is better than one thousand words.
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The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!” (Analects 6.11)
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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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