Confucius Quotes - Page 12

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

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  Distance, Chinese, Devil

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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.

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  Doe, Knows

  Confucius (1950). “The Best of Confucius”

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

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  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.

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  Men, Practice, Should

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• When you have become one with the Great Universal, you will have no partiality, and when you are part of the process of transformation, you will have no rigidity.

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  Transformation, Process, Rigidity

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• It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

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  Friendship, Trust, Betrayal

  "Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld, 1665-1678.

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

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  Order, Skills, Together

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

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  Change, Growth, Comfort

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

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  Giving Up, Powerful, Character

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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

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  Life, Wise, Organization

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• We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression; the heart of a wise man should resemble a mirror, which reflects every object without being sullied by any

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  Wise, Heart, Men

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• When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.

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  Self, Endeavor, Worthy

  As quoted in "Top 100 Power Verbs" by Michael Lawrence Faulkner, Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford, (p. 170), June 20, 2013.

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• The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism.

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  Prejudice, Four, Masters

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• What is most needed for learning is a humble mind.

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  Humble, Mind, Needed

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• Confucius say... politician is one who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after.

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  Hands, Election, Politician

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• To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

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  Inspirational, Wise, Fall

  Confucius (2012). “The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, BookCaps Study Guides

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• What is God-given is called nature; to follow nature is called Tao (the Way); to cultivate the way is called culture. Before joy, anger, sadness and happiness are expressed, they are called the inner self; when they are expressed to the proper degree, they are called harmony. The inner self is the correct foundation of the world, and the harmony is the illustrious Way. When a man has achieved the inner self and harmony, the heaven and earth are orderly and the myriad of things are nourished and grow thereby.

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  Sadness, Men, Self

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• In language clarity is everything.

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  Language, Clarity

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• The end of the day is near when small men make long shadows.

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  Men, Long, The End Of The Day

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

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  Funny, Girl, Witty

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

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  Men, Sorrow, Born

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• A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.223, Courier Corporation

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• We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

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  Happiness, Sympathy, Philosophical

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• The funniest people are the saddest once

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  Love, Funny, Sad

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• Never seek illicit wealth.

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  Chinese, Wealth

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