Confucius Quotes - Page 15

• Study as though you cannot catch up to it, and as though you fear you are going to lose it.

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  Study, Loses

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• The superior man is easy to serve, but difficult to please ... The inferior man is difficult to serve, but easy to please.

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  Inspirational, Men, Easy

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• The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.

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  Heart, Character, Men

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• Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption.

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  Justice, Doe, Faults

  Confucius “The Analects”, W. W. Norton & Company

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• There has never been a man mean and at the same time virtuous.

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  Mean, Men, Virtuous

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• A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.

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  Persistence, Men, Physicians

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• A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.

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  Men, Profound, World

  Analects ch. 4, v. 10 (translation by Wing-Tsit Chan)

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• Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

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  Inspirational, Courage, Philosophical

  Confucius (1979). “Lunyu”

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• Men of principle are sure to be bold,
  but those who are bold may not always be men of principle.

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  Men, Principles, May

  Confucius “The Analects”, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Confucius (2016). “The Analects”, p.114, Open Road Media

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• Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.

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  Passion, Doors, Soul

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

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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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  Used, Said

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• To find the Tao, there is nowhere you need to search. If it is not inside you, it is not the Tao.

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  Taoism, Needs, Tao

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• The demands that good people make are upon themselves; Those that bad people make are upon others.

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  People, Good People, Demand

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• It is true that we shall not be able to reach perfection, but in our struggle toward it we shall strengthen our characters and give stability to our ideas, so that, whilst ever advancing calmly in the same direction, we shall be rendered capable of applying the faculties with which we have been gifted to the best possible account.

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  Being Strong, Struggle, Character

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• At fifteen, my mind was bent on learning.
  At thirty, I stood firm.
  At forty, I had no doubts.
  At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven.
  At sixty, my ear was receptive to truth.
  At seventy, I could follow my heart's desires without sin.

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  Funny, Birthday, Meaningful

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• Future generation is the most important thing.

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  Important, Generations, Future Generation

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• It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.

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  Inspirational, Appreciation, Work

  Confucius (1979). “Lunyu”

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• If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

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  Inspirational, Teacher, Happy New Year

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• The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• Knowledge is recognizing what you know and what you don't.

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  Education, Homeschooling, Certain Knowledge

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• In his dealings with the world, the gentleman is not invariably for or against anything. He is on the side of what is moral.

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  Gentleman, World, Sides

  Confucius (1979). “Lunyu”

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• Do not unto another that you would hot have him do unto you. Thou needest this law alone. It is the foundation of all the rest.

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  Law, Foundation, Hot

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• Riches and honor are what everyone desires, but if they can be gained only by doing evil, they must not be held. Don't worry about not being in office, worry about qualifying yourself for office. Don't worry that no one knows you, but seek to be worthy of being known.

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  Evil, Worry, Office

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• Respect the gods, but have as little to do with them as possible.

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  Littles

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