Confucius Quotes
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Don't worry about being acknowledged by others; worry about failing to acknowledge them.
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To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one doesn't know what one doesn't know, there lies true wisdom.
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When you breathe, you inspire, and when you do not breathe, you expire.
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The superior man limits his achievements.
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The great mountain must collapse, the mighty beam must break and the wise man wither like a plant.
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Men do not stumble over mountains, but over mole hills.
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The superior man is universally minded and no partisan. The inferior man is a partisan and not universal.
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To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.
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He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.
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A gentleman considers what is right; the vulgar consider what will pay.
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The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
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Cultivate the root; the leaves and branches will take care of themselves.
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A good man does not make a warrior, just as good steel does not go for nails.
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Silence is a true friend who never betrays.
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If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
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Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
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When we have intelligence resulting from sincerity, this condition is to be ascribed to nature; when we have sincerity resulting from intelligence, this condition is to be ascribed to instruction. But given the sincerity, and there shall be the intelligence; given the intelligence, and there shall be the sincerity.
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A good man does not worry about not being known by others, but rather is concerned about not knowing them.
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Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.
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The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
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The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, I shall today be uppermost.
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Do not wish for quick results, nor look for small advantages. If you seek quick results, you will not reach the ultimate goal. If you are led astray by small advantages, you will never accomplish great things.
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The Master said, "To study, and then in a timely fashion to practice what you have learned - is this not satisfying? To have companions arrive from afar - is this not a joy? To remain unrecognized by others and yet remain free of resentment - is this not the mark of the gentleman?"
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If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.