Confucius Quotes - Page 24

• Look closely into his aims, observe the means by which he pursues them, discover what brings him content - and can the man's real worth remain hidden from you?

  Confucius

  Real, Mean, Men

  Confucius (1964). “The Analects of Confucius”

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• The superior man undergoes three changes. Looked at from a distance, he appears stern; when approached, he is mild; when he is heard to speak, his language is firm and decided.

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  Distance, Men, Three

  Confucius, Mencius, Ssǔ shu, Wu king, Shu Ching (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.206

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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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• When abroad, behaveto everyone as if interviewing an honored guest; in directing the people, act as if you were assisting at a great sacrafice; DO NOT DO TO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD NOT LIKE DONE TO YOURSELF: so there will be no murmuring against you in the country, and none in the family; your public life will arouse no ill-will nor your private life any resentment.

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  Life, Country, Ill Will

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• Learn, as if never overtaking your object, and yet as if apprehensive of losing it.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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

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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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• An inch of time on the sundial is worth more than a foot of jade.

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  Inspirational, Feet, Jade

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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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• 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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• Writing cannot express all words, words cannot encompass all ideas.

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  Writing, Ideas, Language

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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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• Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by example, subdue them by courtesy; they will learn shame, and come to be good.

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  Law, Punishment, People

  Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• The gentleman holds justice to be of highest importance. If a gentleman has courage but neglects justice, he becomes insurgent. If an inferior man has courage but neglects justice, he becomes a thief.

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  Courage, Men, Justice

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• Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not do to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.

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  Love, Forgiveness, Spiritual

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• Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed.

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  Inspirational, Faults

  Confucius (1950). “The Best of Confucius”

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• Those whose courses are different cannot lay plans for one another.

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  Different, Plans, Courses

  James Legge, Confucius, Mencius, Shih ching (1867). “The Chinese Classics: The life and works of Mencius”, p.230

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• What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is true wisdom.

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  Knowledge, Knows

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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• Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.

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  Integrity, Men, Fire

  Confucius (2009). “The Confucian Analects, the Great Learning & the Doctrine of the Mean”, p.304, Cosimo, Inc.

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• If you devote your life to seeking revenge, first dig two graves.

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  Life, Revenge, Two

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• Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established

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  Life, Success, Wise

  Confucius (2005). “The Ethics of Confucius”, p.99, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Justice is like the north star, which is fixed, and all the rest revolve about it.

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  Stars, Justice, Fixed

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• Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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

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• The gentleman is calm and at ease. The gentleman is dignified but not proud; the small man is proud but not dignified.

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  Men, Gentleman, Ease

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• Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity.

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  Humanity, Elements, Characteristics

  Confucius, Mencius (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.269

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• Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.

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  Funny, Life, Running

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