Confucius Quotes
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Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away.
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It is better to light one small candle of gratitude than to curse the darkness.
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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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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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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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It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife.
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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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A man without a mustache is a man without a soul.
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A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.
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Rotten wood cannot be carved.
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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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Silence is the true friend that never betrays.
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The mirror reflects all objects without being sullied.
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When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.
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When the wind blows,the grass bends.
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Never overlook wallflower at dance; may be dandelion in grass.
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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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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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First there must be order and harmony within your own mind. Then this order will spread to your family, then to the community, and finally to your entire kingdom. Only then can you have peace and harmony.
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When people are educated, the distinction between classes disappears.
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The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
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Have no friends not equal to yourself.
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Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.
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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.