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Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.

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There are cases in which the blade springs, but the plant does not go on to flower. There are cases where it flowers, but no fruit is subsequently produced.

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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.

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I am not bothered by the fact that I am not understood. I am bothered when I do not know others.

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The rich fool is like a pig that is choked by its own fat.

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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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I could see peace instead of this.

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To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.

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It is the obligation of the ruler to continually renew himself in order to renew the people by his example.

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You turn the handle the way it goes, not the way it ought to go

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Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

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When a man is guided by the principles of reciprocity and consciousness, he is not far from the moral law. Whatever you don't wish for yourself don't do unto others.

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If names are not correct, then language is not in accord with the truth of things. If language is not in accord with the truth of things, then affairs cannot be carried out successfully.

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Excess weakens the spirits.

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The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.

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There is a growing interest in Confucianism in China and other parts of the world. More and more followers of Confucianism are advocating a deeper study of his philosophies. Confucius' ideals stand true even today. His philosophy on how to be a Junzi or the perfect gentleman is based on the simple ideology of love and tolerance.

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What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.

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The tongue must be heavy indeed, because so few people can hold it

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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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Straight-forwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.

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