Confucius Quotes - Page 11

• Words are the voice of the heart.

  Confucius

  Reading, Heart, Voice

  Confucius, Edward Slingerland (2006). “The Essential Analects: Selected Passages with Traditional Commentary”, p.138, Hackett Publishing

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• Respect the gods and the devils but keep them at a distance

  Confucius

  Distance, Chinese, Devil

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• Clever talk and domineering manner have little to with being a Man at His Best.

  Confucius

  Clever, Men, Littles

  Confucius (1950). “The Best of Confucius”

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• A man should practice what he preaches, but a man should also preach what he practices.

  Confucius

  Men, Practice, Should

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• I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

  Confucius

  Life, Success, Smart

  Confucius (2005). “The Ethics of Confucius”, p.80, Cosimo, Inc.

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• A scholar who loves comfort is not fit to be called a scholar.

  Confucius

  Change, Growth, Comfort

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• True wisdom is knowing what you don't know

  Confucius

  Knowing, True Wisdom, Knows

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• Without that innate sense of human worth, a man cannot long endure adversity, nor can he long enjoy prosperity.

  Confucius

  Adversity, Happy Life, Men

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• Shall I tell you what knowledge is? It is to know both what one knows and what one does not know.

  Confucius

  Doe, Knows

  Confucius (1950). “The Best of Confucius”

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• Base yourself in loyalty and trust. Don't be companion with those who are not your moral equal. When you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it.

  Confucius

  Loyalty, Spiritual, Mistake

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• Transport a handful of earth everyday and you will make a mountain.

  Confucius

  Everyday, Mountain, Earth

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• Girl who sit on Judge's lap get honorable discharge.

  Confucius

  Funny, Girl, Witty

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• If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

  Confucius

  Leadership, Dance, Teacher

  Confucius (1907). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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

  Confucius

  Path

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• Without Goodness one cannot enjoy enduring happiness

  Confucius

  Spiritual, Goodness, Enjoy

  Confucius, Edward Slingerland (2003). “Analects: With Selections from Traditional Commentaries”, p.29, Hackett Publishing

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• When things are investigated, then true knowledge is achieved; when true knowledge is achieved, then the will becomes sincere; when the will is sincere, then the heart is set right ; when the heart is set right, then the personal life is cultivated; when the personal life is cultivated, then the family life is regulated; when the family life is regulated, then the national life is orderly; and when the national life is orderly, then there is peace in this world.

  Confucius

  Life, Heart, World

  Confucius, Qian Sima (1938). “The wisdom of Confucius”, Modern Library

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• Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.

  Confucius

  Life, Wise, Organization

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• One hundred women are not worth a single testicle.

  Confucius

  Hundred, Testicles, Women Bashing

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• In language clarity is everything.

  Confucius

  Language, Clarity

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• The funniest people are the saddest once

  Confucius

  Love, Funny, Sad

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• Humankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.

  Confucius

  Animal, People, Littles

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• The superior person gathers his weapons together in order to provide against the unforeseen.

  Confucius

  Order, Skills, Together

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• Even four harnessed horses cannot bring imprudent words back into the mouth.

  Confucius

  Horse, Mouths, Four

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• She who is born with beauty is born with a sorrow for many a man.

  Confucius

  Men, Sorrow, Born

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• The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.

  Confucius

  Giving Up, Powerful, Character

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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