Confucius Quotes - Page 12

• When I walk along with two others, from at least one I will be able to learn.

  Confucius

  Learning, Two, Able

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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• There are not the weeds the ones that drown the good seed, but the negligence of the peasant.

  Confucius

  Weed, Peasants, Negligence

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

  Confucius

  Leadership, Order, People

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• Men of principle are sure to be bold,
  but those who are bold may not always be men of principle.

  Confucius

  Men, Principles, May

  Confucius “The Analects”, W. W. Norton & Company

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• When you serve your mother and father it is okay to try to correct them once in a while. But if you see that they are not going to listen to you, keep your respect for them and don't distance yourself from them. Work without complaining.

  Confucius

  Mother, Father, Distance

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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• A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.

  Confucius

  Persistence, Men, Physicians

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• If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.

  Confucius

  Music, Profound, Desire

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• When things are investigated, then true knowledge is achieved; when true knowledge is achieved, then the will becomes sincere; when the will is sincere, then the heart is set right ; when the heart is set right, then the personal life is cultivated; when the personal life is cultivated, then the family life is regulated; when the family life is regulated, then the national life is orderly; and when the national life is orderly, then there is peace in this world.

  Confucius

  Life, Heart, World

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

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• To become a leader, you must first become a human being

  Confucius

  Leader, Firsts, Humans

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• Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.190, Courier Corporation

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• Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. To see it a person only needs to imagine how it could be worse.

  Confucius

  Gratitude, Needs, Imagine

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• The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.” (Analects 4.16)

  Confucius

  Men, Gentleman, Masters

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• Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

  Confucius

  Education, Wise, Clever

  Confucius (2014). “Confucian Analects”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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• Learning, undigested by thought, is labor lost.

  Confucius

  Lost, Labor

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• Silence is the true friend that never betrays.

  Confucius

  Friendship, True Love, True Friend

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• Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

  Confucius

  Friendship, Men, Truthful

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• He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger... Men of superior mind busy themselves first getting at the root of things; when they succeed, the right course is open to them.

  Confucius

  Men, Thinking, Roots

  Confucius, “Men Of Superior Mind”

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• A good man regards the root; he fixes the root, and ail else flows out of it. The root is filial piety; the fruit brotherly love.

  Confucius

  Men, Roots, Good Man

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• The chase of gain is rich in hate

  Confucius

  Hate, Gains, Rich

  Confucius (2014). “THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS”, p.31, Lulu.com

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• A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. If you are generous, you will gain everything.

  Confucius

  Hands, Giving, Rose

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• If you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• What is God-given is called nature; to follow nature is called Tao (the Way); to cultivate the way is called culture. Before joy, anger, sadness and happiness are expressed, they are called the inner self; when they are expressed to the proper degree, they are called harmony. The inner self is the correct foundation of the world, and the harmony is the illustrious Way. When a man has achieved the inner self and harmony, the heaven and earth are orderly and the myriad of things are nourished and grow thereby.

  Confucius

  Sadness, Men, Self

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• In antiquity men studied for their own sake; nowadays men study for the sake of impressing others.

  Confucius

  Men, Sake, Study

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• Don't worry about being acknowledged by others; worry about failing to acknowledge them.

  Confucius

  Worry, Failing, Acknowledge

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• The man who is master of himself drinks gravely and wisely.

  Confucius

  Men, Drink, He Man

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