Confucius Quotes
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If I hold up one corner of a square and the student cannot workout the other three for himself, I won't go any further.
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The wise men of antiquity, when they wished to make the whole world peaceful and happy, first put their own States into proper order. Before putting their States into proper order, they regulated their own families. Before regulating their families, they regulated themselves. Before regulating themselves, they tried to be sincere in their thoughts. Before being sincere in their thoughts, they tried to see things exactly as they really were.
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A man without a mustache is a man without a soul.
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Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.
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Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away.
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It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife.
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Listen widely to remove your doubts and be careful when speaking about the rest and your mistakes will be few. See much and get rid of what is dangerous and be careful in acting on the rest and your causes for regret will be few. Speaking without fault, acting without causing regret: 'upgrading' consists in this.
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Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.
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How abundantly do spiritual beings display the powers that belong to them! We look for them, but do not see them; we listen to, but do not hear them; yet they enter into all things, and there is nothing without them.
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The good man does not grieve that other people do not recognize his merits. His only anxiety is lest he should fail to recognize theirs.
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Rotten wood cannot be carved.
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If one learns from others, but does not think, one will be bewildered. If, on the other hand, one thinks but does not learn from others, one will be in peril.
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When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.
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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.
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Silence is the true friend that never betrays.
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Never overlook wallflower at dance; may be dandelion in grass.
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When the wind blows,the grass bends.
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A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.
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While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits of the dead...While you do not know life, how can you know about death.
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The mirror reflects all objects without being sullied.
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Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.
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Things being investigated, knowledge became complete. Their knowledge being complete, their thoughts were sincere. Their thoughts being sincere, their hearts were then rectified. Their hearts being rectified, their persons were cultivated. Their persons being cultivated, their families were regulated. Their families being regulated, their States were rightly governed. Their States being rightly governed, the whole kingdom was made tranquil and happy.
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The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
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One dedicated worker is worth a thousand slaves.