Confucius Quotes

Thought, unassisted by learning, is dangerous.

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Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it

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We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression; the heart of a wise man should resemble a mirror, which reflects every object without being sullied by any

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Don't do unto others what you don't want others to do unto you.

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To love a thing means wanting it to live.

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The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.

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A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad, respectful to his elders.

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The virtuous man is driven by responsibility, the non-virtuous man is driven by profit.

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To study and at times practice what one has learned, is this not a pleasure?

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Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption.

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I used to take on trust a man's deeds after having listened to his words. Now having listened to a man's words I go on to observe his deeds.

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Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

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It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife

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Lead the people with administrative injunctions and put them in their place with penal law, and they will avoid punishments but will be without a sense of shame. Lead them with excellence and put them in their place through roles and ritual practices, and in addition to developing a sense of shame, they will order themselves harmoniously

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Respect yourself and others will respect you.

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Behave when away from home as though you were in the presence of an honored guest. Employ the people as though you were assisting at an important sacrifice. Do not do to others what you would not like yourself. Then there will be no feelings of opposition to you, whether it is the affairs of a state that you are handling or the affairs of a family.

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I'd rather die for speaking out, than to live and be silent.

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The superior man, while his parents are alive, reverently nourishes them; and, when they are dead, reverently sacrifices to them. His thought to the end of his life is how not to disgrace them.

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Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.

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The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does.

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