Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.
Study the past, if you would divine the future.
To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.
Study the past if you want to define the future.
In old days men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study in order to impress other people.
Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in men's clothes.
Past scholars studied to improve themselves; Today's scholars study to impress others.
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?"
Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned?
Study as if you have not reached your goal - hold it as if you were afraid of losing what you have.
Some are born with knowledge, some derive it from study, and some acquire it only after a painful realization of their ignorance. But the knowledge being possessed, it comes to the same thing. Some study with a natural ease, some from a desire for advantages, and some by strenuous effort. But the achievement being made, it comes to the same thing.
Some may study side by side, and yet be asunder when they come to the logic of things.
In antiquity men studied for their own sake; nowadays men study for the sake of impressing others.
There is a growing interest in Confucianism in China and other parts of the world. More and more followers of Confucianism are advocating a deeper study of his philosophies. Confucius' ideals stand true even today. His philosophy on how to be a Junzi or the perfect gentleman is based on the simple ideology of love and tolerance.
Study the past if you would define the future. I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there. Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
There are three sorts of pleasures which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Finding pleasure in the discriminating study of ceremonies and music, finding pleasure in discussing the good points in the conduct of others, and finding pleasure in having many wise friends, these are advantageous. But finding pleasure in profligate enjoyments, finding pleasure in idle gadding about, and finding pleasure in feasting, these are injurious.
The superior man honors his virtuous nature, and maintains constant inquiry and study, seeking to carry it out to its breadth and greatness, so as to omit none of the more exquisite and minute points which it embraces, and to raise it to its greatest height and brilliancy.
Never tire to study. And to teach to others
At fifteen my mind was directed to study, and at thirty I knew where to stand.
There are some with whom we may study in common, but we shall find them unable to go along with us to principles. Perhaps we may go on with them to principles, but we shall find them unable to get established in those along with us. Or if we may get so established along with them, we shall find them unable to weigh occurring events along with us.
To study and constantly, is this not a pleasure? To have friends come from far away places, is this not a joy? If people do not recognize your worth, but this does not worry you, are you not a true gentleman?
Study as though you cannot catch up to it, and as though you fear you are going to lose it.
The superior man, extensively studying all learning, and keeping himself under the restraint of the rules of propriety, may thus likewise not overstep what is right.
To study and at times practice what one has learned, is this not a pleasure?
One who will study for three years. Without thought of reward. Would be hard indeed to find.
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