A fool marvels at rare things, but a wise man at common ones.
The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.
A lack of patience in trifling matters might lead to the disruption of great project.
Time flows away like the water in the river.
When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.
Men do not stumble over mountains, but over mole hills.
It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife
Ask yourself constantly, "What is the right thing to do?" Behave toward everyone as if receiving a great guest.
The superior man, even when he is not moving, has a feeling of reverence, and while he speaks not, he has the feeling of truthfulness.
If I do not participate in the sacrifice, it is as if I did not sacrifice at all.
The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.
One joy dispels a hundred cares.
To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.
The Master said, “If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment.
When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.
Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone might be looking. Hear and you forget, see and you remember, do and you understand.
Even in killing men, observe the rules of propriety.
Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. To see it a person only needs to imagine how it could be worse.
Those who break down the dikes will themselves be drowned in the inundation.
Return good for good; return evil with justice.
Therefore the superior man is watchful over himself, when he is alone.
Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it.
To give oneself ernestly to securing righteousness and justice among the people, and while respecting the gods and demons, to keep aloof from them, that may be called wisdom.
The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.
Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors
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