Confucius Quotes - Page 10

• Seek Not Every Quality In One Individual.

  Confucius

  Relationship, Funny Relationship, Quality

  Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.507, Delphi Classics

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• Ask yourself constantly, "What is the right thing to do?" Behave toward everyone as if receiving a great guest.

  Confucius

  Yoga, Receiving, Guests

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• The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.

  Confucius

  Happiness, Wise, Long

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.192, Courier Corporation

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• Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. To see it a person only needs to imagine how it could be worse.

  Confucius

  Gratitude, Needs, Imagine

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• Exemplary persons are steadfast in the face of adversity, while petty persons are engulfed by it.

  Confucius

  Adversity, Faces, Steadfast

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• Balance is the perfect state of still water. Let that be our model. It remains quiet within and is not disturbed on the surface.

  Confucius

  Perfect, Water, Balance

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• A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.

  Confucius

  Wise, Heart, Men

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• These are the four abuses: desire to succeed in order to make oneself famous; taking credit for the labors of others; refusal to correct one's errors despite advice; refusal to change one's ideas despite warnings.

  Confucius

  Humility, Order, Ideas

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• By gaining the people, the kingdom is gained; by losing the people, the kingdom is lost.

  Confucius

  People, Kingdoms, Losing

  Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.20, Delphi Classics

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• The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.

  Confucius

  Men, Safety, Chinese

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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• First there must be order and harmony within your own mind.

  Confucius

  Order, Mind, Firsts

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• He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him; He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him

  Confucius

  Wise, Men, Foolish Man

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• Be loyal to yourself, charitable to neighbours, nothing more.

  Confucius

  Loyal, Charitable, Neighbour

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• The love to Wisdom is getting closer to the own bright path.

  Confucius

  Path

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• If you would one day renovate yourself, do so from day to day.

  Confucius

  One Day, Day To Day, Ifs

  Confucius (2009). “The Confucian Analects, the Great Learning & the Doctrine of the Mean”, p.361, Cosimo, Inc.

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• When people are educated, the distinction between classes disappears.

  Confucius

  Class, People, Disappear

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• 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.

  Confucius

  Men, May, Study

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.193, Courier Corporation

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• Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.

  Confucius

  Time, Reflection, Waste

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• When wealth is centralized, the people are dispersed. When wealth is distributed, the people are brought together.

  Confucius

  Inspiring, Karma, People

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• Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the infinite shines.

  Confucius

  Stars, Light, Sky

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• Don't worry that other people don't know you;
  worry that you don't know other people.

  Confucius

  People, Worry, Knows

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• Only one who bursts with enthusiasm do I instruct; Only one who bubbles with excitement do I enlighten. If I hold up one corner and you do not come back to me with the other three, I do not continue the lesson.

  Confucius

  Three, Lessons, Enthusiasm

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• See a person's means ... Observe his motives. Examine that in which he rests. How can a person conceal his character?

  Confucius

  Character, Mean, Motive

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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• To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of what it means to be happy or content.

  Confucius

  Happiness, Letting Go, Mean

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• At 15 I set my heart on learning; At 30 I firmly took my stand; At 40 I had no delusions; At 50 I knew the Mandate of Heaven; At 60 my ear was attuned; At 70 I followed my heart's desire without overstepping the boundaries of right.

  Confucius

  Heart, Heaven, Desire

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