Confucius Quotes - Page 17

• If I were travelling with two partners, one virtuous and one dishonest, both would be useful as teachers. I would perceive what's good of the first one and I would imitate him whereas I would try to correct in me the defects I may see in the second one.

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  Teacher, Two, Trying

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• Without goodness a man cannot endure adversity for long, nor can he enjoy prosperity for long. The good man is naturally at ease with goodness. The wise man cultivates goodness for its advantage.

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  Wise, Adversity, Men

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• When you are laboring for others, let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

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  Philosophical, Zealous, Zeal

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• As in the case of making a mound, if, before the very last basketful, I stop, then I shall have stopped. As in the case of leveling the ground, if, though tipping only one basketful, I am going forward, then I shall be making progress.

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  Progress, Lasts, Tipping

  Confucius (1992). “Confucius: The Analects”

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• The gods should certainly be revered, but kept at a distance... . The way is not beyond man; he who creates a way outside of man cannot make it a true way. A good man is content with changing man, and that is enough for him.

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  Distance, Men, Good Man

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• When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.

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  Determination, Evil, Despise

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• I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.

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  Love, Life, Success

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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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• Wisdom, humanity & courage, these three are universal virtues. The way by which they are practiced are one.

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  Humanity, Three, Way

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• A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.

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  Gentleman, Deeds, Ashamed

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

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• A good man regards the root; he fixes the root, and ail else flows out of it. The root is filial piety; the fruit brotherly love.

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  Men, Roots, Good Man

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• Plan ahead or find trouble on the doorstep.

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  Trouble, Plans, Foresight

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• Excess and deficiency are equally at fault.

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  Simple, Excess, Faults

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• The superior man, even when he is not moving, has a feeling of reverence, and while he speaks not, he has the feeling of truthfulness.

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  Truth, Moving, Men

  Confucius, Mencius (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.296

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• The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.

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  Happiness, Mean, Men

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

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• When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.

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  Integrity, Men, May

  Confucius, Mencius, Ssǔ shu, Wu king, Shu Ching (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.167

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• Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.

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  Perfect, Path, Facts

  Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.2, Delphi Classics

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• When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  "Liberating Faith : Religious Voices for Justice, Peace, and Ecological Wisdom". Book by Roger S. Gottlieb, 2003.

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• The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear.

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  Wise, Fear, Anxiety

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• Have no friends not equal to yourself.

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  Friendship, Positive, Patience

  Confucius (2016). “The Analects”, p.47, Open Road Media

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• If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct?

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  Leadership, People, Dare

  Confucius (2015). “The Analects of Confucius”, p.54, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• Those who are firm, enduring, simple and unpretentious are the nearest to virtue.

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  Yoga, Simple, Virtue

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• Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn't it also great when friends visit from distant places? If one remains not annoyed when he is not understood by people around him, isn't he a sage?

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  Greatness, Practice, Annoyed

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius (Chapter I),

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• A man who does not forget an agreement is resolved and honorable man.

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  Men, Honorable Man, Doe

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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.

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  Men, Safety, Chinese

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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