Confucius Quotes - Page 30

• With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of all these things.

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  Inspirational, Water, Joy

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• With a heavy load and a long journey

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  Journey, Long, Chinese

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• Wealth and rank are what men desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed. Poverty and obscurity are what men detest; but unless prosperity be brought about in the right way, they are not to be abandoned.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  "The Analects".

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• If you would govern a state of a thousand chariots (a small-to-middle-size state), you must pay strict attention to business, be true to your word, be economical in expenditure and love the people.

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  People, And Love, Attention

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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• If proper in their own conduct, what difficulty would they have in governing? But if not able to be proper in their own conduct, how can they demand such conduct from others?

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  Demand, Able, Difficulty

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• Earnest in practicing the ordinary virtues, and careful in speaking about them, if, in his practice, he has anything defective, the superior man dares not but exert himself; and if, in his words, he has any excess, he dares not allow himself such license.

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  Character, Men, Practice

  Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.28, Delphi Classics

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• I daily examine myself on three points: In planning for others, have I failed in conscientiousness? In intercourse with friends, have I been insincere? And have I failed to practice what I have been taught?

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  Practice, Three, Taught

  Confucius (2012). “The Analects”, p.16, Courier Corporation

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• A gentleman wishes to be slow to speak and quick to act.

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  Gentleman, Wish, Speak

  Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves

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  Funny, Happiness, Pain

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• Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive.

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  Water, Mind, Offensive

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• Gentlemen should not waste their time on trivial games -- they should play go[3]

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  Games, Play, Gentleman

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• Waste begets self-will; thrift begets meanness: but better be mean than self-willed.

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  Mean, Self, Waste

  Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• Every thoughtful pin on pinterest has beauty. But not everyone can see.

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  Thoughtful, Pinterest, Social Media

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• In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the target, he turns round and seeks for the cause of his failure in himself.

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  Archer, Character, Men

  Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.28, Delphi Classics

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• When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

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  Inspirational, Character, Learning

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• The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety.

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  Profound, Joy, Parent

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

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• If a man is not good, what has he to do with the rules of propriety? If he is not good, what has he to do with music?

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  Music, Men, Propriety

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• That a man lives is because he is straight. That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate enough to be spared.

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  Men, Dupes, Life Is

  Confucius (1992). “Confucius: The Analects”

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• There are cases in which the blade springs, but the plant does not go on to flower. There are cases where it flowers, but no fruit is subsequently produced.

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  Spring, Flower, Immaturity

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

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• The inner nature of man is the province of Music.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• Who keeps the old akindle and adds new knowledge is fitted to be a teacher.

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  Teacher, Add, New Knowledge

  Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• When you see a good man, think of emulating him; when you see a bad man, examine your own heart.

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  Heart, Men, Thinking

  Confucius (1907). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

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  Love, Wise, Kindness

  Confucius (2005). “The Ethics of Confucius”, p.124, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Not to mend one's ways when one has erred is to err indeed.

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  Way

  Confucius (1979). “Lunyu”

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• The Master said, "Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not abide them. Poverty and disgrace are things that all people hate, and yet unless they are avoided in the proper way I will not despise them. If the gentleman abandons ren, how can he be worthy of that name? The gentleman does not violate ren even for the amount of time required to eat a meal. Even in times of urgency or distress, he does not depart from it."

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  Hate, Names, People

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius (Book Four, Section 4.5),

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