Confucius Quotes - Page 20

• Tsze-Kung asked, “Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?” The Master said, “Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

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  Done, Want, Lifetime

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• I do not enlighten those who are not eager to learn, nor arouse those who are not anxious to give an explanation themselves. If I have presented one corner of the square and they cannot come back to me with the other three, I should not go over the points again.

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  Squares, Giving, Three

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• The man of humanity delights in mountains

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  Men, Humanity, Mountain

  Confucius, Chichung Huang (1997). “The Analects of Confucius”, p.84, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• Let mourning stop when one's grief is fully expressed.

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  Grief, Mourning

  Chʻu Chai, Confucius, Mencius (1965). “Lun Yü”, New Hyde Park, N.Y. : University Books

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• Faithfulness and sincerity first of all.

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  Firsts, Sincerity, Faithfulness

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• A person of character takes as much trouble to discover what is right as the lesser men take to discover what will pay.

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  Character, Men, Pay

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• The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.

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  Army, Chinese, Mind

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• The most beautiful sight in the world is a little child going confidently down the road of life after you have shown him the way.

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  Beautiful, Children, Parenting

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• There are three degrees of filial piety. The highest is being a credit to our parents, the second is not disgracing them; the lowest is being able simply to support them.

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  Thank You, Support, Parent

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• Coarse rice to eat, water to drink, my bended arm for a pillow - therein is happiness. Wealth and rank attained through immoral means are nothing but drifting clouds.

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  Mean, Clouds, Water

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• He who take cookie to bed have crummy night ahead.

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  Night, Bed, Cookies

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• The people may be made to follow a path of action but they may not be made to understand it.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  c.479 BC The Analects.

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• The real fault is to have faults and not amend them.

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  Real, Justice, Diversity

  Chʻu Chai, Confucius, Mencius (1965). “Lun Yü”, New Hyde Park, N.Y. : University Books

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• To be in one's own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the nature of righteousness

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  Sympathy, Heart, Righteousness

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• To know it is not as good as to love it, and to love it is not as good as to take delight in it.

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  Love, Delight, Knows

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• A man living without conflicts, as if he never lives at all.

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  Men, Conflict, Ifs

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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• A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child.

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  Children, Father, Men

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• A good man will certainly also possess courage; but a brave man is not necessarily good.

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  Men, Bravery, Good Man

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

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• Fix your mind on truth, hold firm to virtue, rely on loving kindness, and find your recreation in the Arts.

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  Art, Kindness, Mind

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• The object of the superior man is truth.

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  Truth, Philosophical, Men

  Confucius (2005). “The Ethics of Confucius”, p.3, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

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  Education, Teaching, Learning

  Chʻu Chai, Confucius, Mencius (1965). “Lun Yü”, New Hyde Park, N.Y. : University Books

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• Those who break down the dikes will themselves be drowned in the inundation.

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  Life, Breaking Down, Break

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• Great as heaven and earth are, men still find some things in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is that, were the superior man to speak of his way in all its greatness, nothing in the world would be found able to embrace it, and were he to speak of it in its minuteness, nothing in the world would be found able to split it.

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  Character, Greatness, Men

  Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.27, Delphi Classics

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• Love is like a spice. It can sweeten your life - however, it can spoil it, too.

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  Love, Philosophy, Educational

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• Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.

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  Learning, Chinese, Programming

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