Confucius Quotes - Page 23

• 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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• Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone might be looking. Hear and you forget, see and you remember, do and you understand.

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  Voice, Might, Remember

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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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• The proper man understands equity, the small man profits.

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  Education, Men, Profit

  Confucius (1956). “Confucian analects”, Commodius Vicus

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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 cautious seldom err.

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  Leadership, Mistake, Failure

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.171, Courier Corporation

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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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• 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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• In a district of ten families, there must be someone as honorable and sincere as I, but none as fond of learning.

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  Sincere, Honorable, Ten

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• Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.

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  Believe, Age, Aging

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• Good is no hermit. It has ever neighbors.

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  Neighbor, Hermits

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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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• Every man knows the smell of his own fart.

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  Men, Smell, Fart

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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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• He who needs only coarse food, water and drink, and as pillow his folded arms will find happiness without further search.

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  Water, Needs, Finding Happiness

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• Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.

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  Would Be, Sincerity, Ends

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.418, Courier Corporation

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• What Heaven has conferred is called The Nature; an accordance with this nature is called The Path of duty; the regulation of this path is called Instruction. The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.

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  Heaven, May, Regulation

  James Legge, Confucius, Mencius, Shih ching (1867). “The Chinese Classics: The life and works of Mencius”, p.283

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• From the Son of Heaven down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything besides.

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  Son, Roots, People

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.359, Courier Corporation

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• The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life; and who does not forget an old agreement however far back it extends - such a man may be reckoned a complete man.

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  Giving Up, Character, Men

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

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• The more people know, the more they forgive.

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  Forgiveness, People, Forgiving

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• One who can move mountains start with the little stones.

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  Moving, Climbing, Mountain

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• All wisdom is rooted in learning to call things by the right name. When things are properly identified, they fall into natural categories and understanding becomes orderly.

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  Fall, Names, Understanding

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• The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely of shabby clothing or modest meals is not even worth conversing with.” (Analects 4.9)

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  Heart, Gentleman, Meals

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• Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses.

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  Trying, Use, Deceiving

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

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• he who will not economize will agonize

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