Confucius Quotes - Page 13

• A blemish may be removed from a diamond by careful polishing, but evil words once spoken cannot be effaced.

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  Evil, May, Diamond

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• It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

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  Friendship, Trust, Betrayal

  "Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims". Book by François de La Rochefoucauld, 1665-1678.

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• You do not understand even life. How can you understand death?

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  Life, Death, Understanding

  Confucius (1992). “Confucius: The Analects”

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• The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come.

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  Men, Safety, Doe

  Confucius, Jing Shi (1968). “The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism”

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• Heaven gives long life to the just and the intelligent.

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  Intelligent, Giving, Justice

  Confucius, Mencius, 左丘明 (1971). “The Chinese classics with a translation, critical and exegetical notes: prolegomena and copious indexes”

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• Knowing what's correct and not doing it, it's the worst cowardice.

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  Knowing, Cowardice, Worst

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• To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.

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  Wisdom, Proud, Murmuring

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

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• We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression; the heart of a wise man should resemble a mirror, which reflects every object without being sullied by any

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  Wise, Heart, Men

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• The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters.

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  Wise, Character, Men

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• The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?

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  Life, Doors, Use

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• Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Suicide

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• Those who make virtue their profession are the ruin of virtue.

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  Ruins, Virtue, Profession

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

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• When we have intelligence resulting from sincerity, this condition is to be ascribed to nature; when we have sincerity resulting from intelligence, this condition is to be ascribed to instruction. But given the sincerity, and there shall be the intelligence; given the intelligence, and there shall be the sincerity.

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  Sincerity, Instruction, Given

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.52, Courier Corporation

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• Respect the gods, but have as little to do with them as possible.

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  Littles

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• Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Confucius, (2008). “The Analects”, Oxford Paperbacks

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• The journey with a 1000 miles begins with one step.

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  Journey, Steps, Miles

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• A gentleman can see a question from all sides without bias.
  The small man is biased and can see a question only from one side.

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  Men, Gentleman, Sides

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

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• Heaven means to be one with God.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• Therefore only through education does one come to be dissatisfied with his own knowledge, and only through teaching others does one come to realize the uncomfortable inadequacy of his knowledge. Being dissatisfied with his own knowledge, one then realizes that the trouble lies with himself, and realizing the uncomfortable inadequacy of his knowledger.

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  Educational, Lying, Teaching

  "The wisdom of Confucius".

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• Words are the voice of the heart.

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  Reading, Heart, Voice

  Confucius, Edward Slingerland (2006). “The Essential Analects: Selected Passages with Traditional Commentary”, p.138, Hackett Publishing

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• You cannot open a book without learning something.

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  Educational, Book, Reading

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• In language clarity is everything.

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  Language, Clarity

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• Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the infinite shines.

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  Stars, Light, Sky

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• These are the four abuses: desire to succeed in order to make oneself famous; taking credit for the labors of others; refusal to correct one's errors despite advice; refusal to change one's ideas despite warnings.

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  Humility, Order, Ideas

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• To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of what it means to be happy or content.

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  Happiness, Letting Go, Mean

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