Confucius Quotes - Page 22

• All men are born good.

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  Men, Goodness, Born

  Confucius (1907). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.

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  Inspirational, Life, Success

  Confucius (1907). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• Charity, like the sun, brightens every object on which it shines.

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  Shining, Charity, Sun

  "Sermons". Book by Hugh Blair, p. 428, 1824.

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• It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  James Legge, Confucius, Mencius, Shih ching (1867). “The Chinese Classics: The life and works of Mencius”, p.267

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• Some may study side by side, and yet be asunder when they come to the logic of things.

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  May, Sides, Logic

  Confucius (2016). “Chinese Literature”, p.47, Confucius

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• If you know, say you know. If you don't know, say you don't know.

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  Knows, Ifs

  Confucius, Qian Sima (1938). “The wisdom of Confucius”, Modern Library

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• Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

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  Wise, Philosophical, Practice

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

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• If the people are governed by laws and punishment is used to maintain order, they will try to avoid the punishment but have no sense of shame. If they are governed by virtue and rules of propriety are used to maintain order, they will have a sense of shame and will become good as well.

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  Order, Law, Punishment

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• Every man knows the smell of his own fart.

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  Men, Smell, Fart

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• The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

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  Life, Business, Philosophical

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• The superior man is slow in his words and earnest in his conduct.

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  Men, Earnest, Superior Man

  Confucius (2005). “The Ethics of Confucius”, p.4, Cosimo, Inc.

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• The Master said, At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities. At fifty, I knew what were the biddings of Heaven. At sixty, I heard them with docile ear. At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of righ.

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  Heart, Feet, Heaven

  Confucius, Arthur Waley (1949). “The Analects of Confucius”, Routledge

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• A man of wisdom delights in water.

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  Men, Rivers, Water

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

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• Faithfulness and sincerity first of all.

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  Firsts, Sincerity, Faithfulness

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• A good man does not worry about not being known by others, but rather is concerned about not knowing them.

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  Men, Knowing, Worry

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• A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.

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  Deeds And Words, Gentleman, Would Be

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

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• Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.

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  Thinking, Vices, Looks

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• Let the states of equilibrium and harmony exist in perfection, and a happy order will prevail throughout heaven and earth, and all things will be nourished and flourish.

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  Order, Perfection, Heaven

  Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.137, Delphi Classics

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• If you don't want to do something,don't impose on others

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  Want, Ifs

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• It is the way of the superior man to prefer the concealment of his virtue, while it daily becomes more illustrious, and it is the way of the mean man to seek notoriety, while he daily goes more and more to ruin.

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  Mean, Men, Way

  Confucius (2009). “The Confucian Analects, the Great Learning & the Doctrine of the Mean”, p.431, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.

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  Leadership, Philosophical, People

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.262, Courier Corporation

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• Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade.

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  Winter, Lasts, Cypresses

  Confucius, Edward Slingerland (2003). “Analects: With Selections from Traditional Commentaries”, p.96, Hackett Publishing

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• In a hamlet of ten households, there are bound to be those who are my equal in doing their best for others and in being trustworthy in what they say, but they are unlikely to be as eager to learn as I am.

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  Learning, Trustworthy, Unlikely

  Confucius (1979). “Lunyu”

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• Every piece of marble has a statue in it waiting to be released by a person of sufficient skill to chip away the unnecessary parts. Just as the sculptor is to the marble, so is education to the soul. It releases it. For only educated people are free people. You cannot create a statue by smashing the marble with a hammer, and you cannot by the force of arms release the spirit or the soul of people.

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  Teacher, Skills, People

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• He who is really good can never be unhappy. He who is really wise can never be perplexed. He who is really brave is never afraid.

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  Wise, Bravery, Unhappy

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