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When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.

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Balance is the perfect state of still water. Let that be our model. It remains quiet within and is not disturbed on the surface.

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The superior man is slow in his words and earnest in his conduct.

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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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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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To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. When you say something, say what you know. When you don't know something, say you don't know. That is knowledge.

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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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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.'

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What the wise seek is in themselves

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The people may be put into the way they should go, though they may not be put into the way of understanding it.

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To throw oneself into strange teachings is quite dangerous.

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

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To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

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The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him.

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It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger.

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If you would one day renovate yourself, do so from day to day.

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If I cannot get men who steer a middle course to associate with, I would far rather have the impetuous and hasty. For the impetuous at any rate assert themselves.

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Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

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The great mountain must collapse, the mighty beam must break and the wise man wither like a plant.

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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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