Confucius Quotes, Order Quotes, Mind Quotes

In ancient times, those who wished to illuminate the world with virtue first brought order to their nations. Wishing to order well their nations, they first harmonized their families. Wishing to harmonize their families, they first cultivated themselves. Wishing to cultivate themselves, they first rectified their minds. Those who wished to rectify their minds first made their intentions sincere.

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If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.

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An inconvenience is an unrecognized opportunity.

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A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.

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An angry person is always full of poison.

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Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.

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A person of character takes as much trouble to discover what is right as the lesser men take to discover what will pay.

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To know everything is to know nothing, but to know nothing is to know everything.

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Wouldst thou know if a people be well governed, or if its laws be good or bad, examine the music it practices.

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Women and people of low birth are very hard to deal with. If you are friendly to them, they get out of hand, and if you keep your distance, they resent it.

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A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child.

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Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade.

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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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Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous.

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To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.

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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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It is the law of nature that woman should be held under the dominance of man.

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If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.

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When you are laboring for others, let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

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The superior man limits his achievements.

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