Confucius Quotes - Page 9

• Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

  Confucius

  Life, Change, Wise

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

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• To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.

  Confucius

  Life, Wisdom, Men

  Confucius (1986). “The Analects”, Hippocrene Books

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• Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it.

  Confucius

  Truth, Knowledge, Confucianism

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

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• To think twice is quite enough.

  Confucius

  Thinking, Enough, Think Twice

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

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• Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.

  Confucius

  Teacher, Learning, Knowledge

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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• If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.

  Confucius

  Music, Profound, Desire

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• The vices come as passengers, visit us as guest and stay as masters.

  Confucius

  Vices, Guests, Masters

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• If you yourself desire establishment, then help others to get establishment; if you yourself want success, then help others to attain success.

  Confucius

  Helping Others, Desire, Want

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• In old days men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study in order to impress other people.

  Confucius

  Education, Men, Self

  Confucius (1973). “A book of heaven and the earth: stories from the Confucian analects”, Columbia Univ Pr

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• Give a man a fish, feed home for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed for a lifetime.

  Confucius

  Home, Men, Teach A Man To Fish

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• Good people strengthen themselves ceaselessly

  Confucius

  People, Good People

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• To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If the gentleman is not serious, he will not be respected, and his learning will not be on a firm foundation. He considers loyalty and faithfulness to be fundamental, has no friends who are not like him, and when he has made mistakes, he is not afraid of correcting them.

  Confucius

  Loyalty, Mistake, Gentleman

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• You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.

  Confucius

  Reading, Ignorance, Self

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• If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.

  Confucius

  Life, Stars, Clever

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• Men do not stumble over mountains, but over mole hills.

  Confucius

  Famous Inspirational, Men, Mountain

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• An angry man is full of poison.

  Confucius

  Anger, Men, Angry Man

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• The ideal teacher guides his students but does not pull them along; he urges them to go forward and does not suppress them; he opens the way but does not take them to the place.

  Confucius

  Teacher, Doe, Way

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• The highest kind of man is the one who does before talking and practices what he professes.

  Confucius

  Men, Talking, Practice

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• The gentleman has nine cares. In seeing he is careful to see clearly; in hearing he is careful to hear distinctly; in his looks he is careful to be kind, in his manner to be respectful, in his words to be sincere, in his work to be diligent. When in doubt he is careful to ask for information; when angry he has a care for the consequences; and when he sees a chance for gain, he thinks carefully whether the pursuits of it would be right.

  Confucius

  Caring, Thinking, Gentleman

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• Humanity is the equity of the heart.

  Confucius

  Heart, Humanity, Equity

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• The Master said, If out of the three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teachings, I would say 'Let there be no evil in your thoughts.'

  Confucius

  Song, Teaching, Thinking

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

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• Base yourself in loyalty and trust. Don't be companion with those who are not your moral equal. When you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it.

  Confucius

  Loyalty, Spiritual, Mistake

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• The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.

  Confucius

  Army, Chinese, Mind

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