Confucius Quotes
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When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
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Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.
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Study as though you cannot catch up to it, and as though you fear you are going to lose it.
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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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Who contains himself goes seldom wrong.
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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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I used to listen to what others said, and expect them to act accordingly. But nowadays, I listen to what they say, and then observe what they do.
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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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When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.
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Learning, undigested by thought, is labor lost.
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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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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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Rotten wood cannot be carved.
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He who will not economize will agonize.
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Silence is the true friend that never betrays.
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The vices come as passengers, visit us as guest and stay as masters.
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A man who reviews the old so as to find out the new is qualified to teach others.
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Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.