Confucius Quotes - Page 10

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

  Confucius

  Way, Turns, Handle

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• Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away.

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  Settling, Hundred, Difficulty

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• Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.

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  Achievement, Desire, Done

  Confucius (2012). “The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, BookCaps Study Guides

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• If I am virtuous and worthy, for whom should I not maintain a proper concern?

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  Vices, Virtue, Should

  Chʻu Chai, Confucius, Mencius (1965). “Lun Yü”, New Hyde Park, N.Y. : University Books

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• As in the case of making a mound, if, before the very last basketful, I stop, then I shall have stopped. As in the case of leveling the ground, if, though tipping only one basketful, I am going forward, then I shall be making progress.

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  Progress, Lasts, Tipping

  Confucius (1992). “Confucius: The Analects”

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• The strongest memory is not as strong as the weakest ink.

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  Strong, Memories, Ink

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• Be versed in ancient lore, and familiarize yourself with the modern; then may you become teachers.

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  Teacher, Teaching, May

  Confucius (2016). “Chinese Literature”, p.13, Confucius

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• The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism.

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  Prejudice, Four, Masters

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• Future generation is the most important thing.

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  Important, Generations, Future Generation

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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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  Men, Law, Wish

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• The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.

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  Happiness, Wise, Long

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.192, Courier Corporation

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• Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• Gentlemen cherish worth; the vulgar cherish dirt. Gentlemen trust in justice; the vulgar trust in favor.

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  Justice, Gentleman, Favors

  Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• Transport a handful of earth everyday and you will make a mountain.

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  Everyday, Mountain, Earth

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• To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare to remain incorrect?

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  "The Analects".

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• The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

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  Stress, Humility, Men

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• The superior man is quiet and calm, waiting for the appointments of heaven, while the mean man walks in dangerous paths, looking for lucky occurrences.

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  Mean, Men, Waiting

  James Legge, Confucius, Mencius, Shih ching (1867). “The Chinese Classics: The life and works of Mencius”, p.291

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• The superior man is intelligently, not blindly, faithful.

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  Army, Men, Faithful

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

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  One Day, Day To Day, Ifs

  Confucius (2009). “The Confucian Analects, the Great Learning & the Doctrine of the Mean”, p.361, Cosimo, Inc.

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• You will never know how sharp a sword is unless it's drawn from its sheath

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  Know How, Knows

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• To think twice is quite enough.

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  Thinking, Enough, Think Twice

  Confucius, Qian Sima (1938). “The wisdom of Confucius”, Modern Library

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• Shall I tell you what knowledge is? It is to know both what one knows and what one does not know.

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  Doe, Knows

  Confucius (1950). “The Best of Confucius”

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• Be loyal to yourself, charitable to neighbours, nothing more.

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  Loyal, Charitable, Neighbour

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• There are three things against which the wise man guards: lust when young, quarrels when strong, and covetousness when old.

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  Wise, Strong, Men

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• To acknowledge our faults when we are blamed, is modesty; to discover them to one's friends in ingenuousness, is confidence; but to preach them to all the world, if one does not take care, is pride.

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  Pride, Doe, World

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