Confucius Quotes

I never really said all those things I said

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The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely of shabby clothing or modest meals is not even worth conversing with.” (Analects 4.9)

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

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If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.

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Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.

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To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of what it means to be happy or content.

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

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The superior man governs men, according to their nature, with what is proper to them, and as soon as they change what is wrong, he stops.

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A father's and a mother's age must be borne in mind; with joy on the one hand, fear on the other.

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Confucius say... politician is one who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after.

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I am not an originator but a transmitter.

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Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

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Remember even when alone, that the divine is everywhere.

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He who take cookie to bed have crummy night ahead.

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If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.

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When we have intelligence resulting from sincerity, this condition is to be ascribed to nature; when we have sincerity resulting from intelligence, this condition is to be ascribed to instruction. But given the sincerity, and there shall be the intelligence; given the intelligence, and there shall be the sincerity.

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Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn't it also great when friends visit from distant places? If one remains not annoyed when he is not understood by people around him, isn't he a sage?

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In vain I have looked for a single man capable of seeing his own faults and bringing the charge home against himself.

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Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.

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Even if I could, I would not exahnge their virtues for my own. And that is why they are intent on learning from me.

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