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Silence is the true friend that never betrays.
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A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.
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When people are educated, the distinction between classes disappears.
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It is better to light one small candle of gratitude than to curse the darkness.
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It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife.
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The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
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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 really faithful lover of learning holds fast to the Good Way till death.
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The superior man is intelligently, not blindly, faithful.
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Be aroused by poetry; structure yourself with propriety, refine yourself with music.
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One dedicated worker is worth a thousand slaves.
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A fool marvels at rare things, but a wise man at common ones.
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Learning, undigested by thought, is labor lost.
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If you know, say you know. If you don't know, say you don't know.
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The Master said, The case is like that of someone raising a mound. If he stops working, the fact that it perhaps needed only one more basketful makes no difference; I stay where I am. Whereas even if he has not got beyond leveling the ground, but is still at work, the fact that he has only tilted one basketful of earth makes no difference. I go to help him.
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The superior man undergoes three changes. Looked at from a distance, he appears stern; when approached, he is mild; when he is heard to speak, his language is firm and decided.
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The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
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There are three marks of a superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; being wise, he is free from perplexity; being brave, he is free from fear.
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He who keeps danger in mind, is he who will rest safe in his seat; he who keeps ruin in mind, is he who will preserve his interests secure.
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Behave when away from home as though you were in the presence of an honored guest. Employ the people as though you were assisting at an important sacrifice. Do not do to others what you would not like yourself. Then there will be no feelings of opposition to you, whether it is the affairs of a state that you are handling or the affairs of a family.
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Every house guest brings you happiness. Some when they arrive, and some when they are leaving.
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The ideal teacher guides his students but does not pull them along; he urges them to go forward and does not suppress them; he opens the way but does not take them to the place.
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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 the wind blows,the grass bends.
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