Confucius Quotes - Page 18

• Ah, music, sacred tongue of God! I hear thee calling and I come.

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  Inspiration, Calling, Sacred

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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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• Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

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  Motivational, Work, Inspiration

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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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• 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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• The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.” (Analects 4.16)

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  Men, Gentleman, Masters

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.

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  Truth, Delight, Confucianism

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

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being the object of resentment.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.299, Courier Corporation

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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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• 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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• A true gentleman makes demands upon himself but not upon others.

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  Responsibility, Gentleman, Demand

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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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• An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

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  Philosophical, Beer, Government

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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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