Confucius Quotes - Page 24

• He who keeps danger in mind, is he who will rest safe in his seat; he who keeps ruin in mind, is he who will preserve his interests secure.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  "The Ethics of Confucius".

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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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• 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 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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• 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?

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  Real, Mean, Men

  Confucius (1964). “The Analects of Confucius”

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• Heaven sends down its good and evil symbols and wise men act accordingly.

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  Wise, Men, Astrology

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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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• To learn and from time to time to apply what one has learned - isn't that a pleasure?

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  Pleasure

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• When a man comes to me, I accept him at his best, not at his worst. Why make so much ado? When a man washes his hands before paying a visit, and you receive him in that clean state, you do not thereby stand surety for his always having been clean in the past.

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  Past, Men, Hands

  Confucius (1907). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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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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• Thought, unassisted by learning, is dangerous.

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  Dangerous

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

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  Funny, Life, Running

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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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• 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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• 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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• A gentleman does not promote a man on account of what he says; nor does he reject sayings, because the speaker is what he is.

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  Men, Gentleman, Doe

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

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  Life, Revenge, Two

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• If I am virtuous and worthy, for whom should I not maintain a proper concern?

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  Vices, Virtue, Should

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

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• Tea tempers the spirits and harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness, lightens or refreshes the body, and clears the perceptive faculties.

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  Tea, Mind, Body

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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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