Confucius Quotes - Page 16

• A fool marvels at rare things, but a wise man at common ones.

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  Wise, Philosophical, Men

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• Knowledge is recognizing what you know and what you don't.

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  Education, Homeschooling, Certain Knowledge

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• Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.

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  Stars, Ignorance, Knowledge

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• He is the truly courageous man who never desponds.

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  Men, Despair, Courageous Man

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• I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.

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  Love, Life, Success

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• He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.

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  Truth, Human Nature, Sincerity

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• The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• Plan ahead or find trouble on the doorstep.

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  Trouble, Plans, Foresight

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• Excess and deficiency are equally at fault.

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  Simple, Excess, Faults

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• I live in a very small house, but my windows look out on a very large world.

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  House, Looks, World

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• There is one single thread binding my way together...the way of the Master consists in doing one's best...that is all.

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  Inspirational, Together, Way

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• When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.

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  Determination, Evil, Despise

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• Unify your attention. Do not listen with your ears, but with your mind. Do not listen with your mind but with your essence.

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  Essence, Mind, Attention

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• While the gentleman cherishes benign rule, the small man cherishes his native land. While the gentleman cherishes a respect for the law, the small man cherishes generous treatment.

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  Men, Law, Land

  Confucius (1979). “Lunyu”

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• In a hamlet of ten households, there are bound to be those who are my equal in doing their best for others and in being trustworthy in what they say, but they are unlikely to be as eager to learn as I am.

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  Learning, Trustworthy, Unlikely

  Confucius (1979). “Lunyu”

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• Even in killing men, observe the rules of propriety.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• In speaking, it is best to be clear and say just enough to convey the meaning.

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  Enough, Clear

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• In a State, pecuniary gain is not to be considered to be prosperity, but its prosperity will be found in righteousness.

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  Gains, Prosperity, States

  Confucius (2013). “The Great Learning (Unabridged)”, p.1, e-artnow

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• Although your father and mother are dead, if you propose to yourself any good work, only reflect how it will make their names illustrious, and your purpose will be fixed.

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  Mother, Father, Names

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• He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.

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  Business, Volunteer, Team Building

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• Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

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  Inspirational, Courage, Philosophical

  Confucius (1979). “Lunyu”

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• 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.

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  Truth, Moving, Men

  Confucius, Mencius (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.296

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• A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.

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  Gentleman, Deeds, Ashamed

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

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