Confucius Quotes - Page 19

• Riches and honor are what everyone desires, but if they can be gained only by doing evil, they must not be held. Don't worry about not being in office, worry about qualifying yourself for office. Don't worry that no one knows you, but seek to be worthy of being known.

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  Evil, Worry, Office

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• The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does.

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  Forgiveness, Men, Quality

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• The superior man limits his achievements.

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  Men, Limits, Superior Man

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• The superior man is easy to serve, but difficult to please ... The inferior man is difficult to serve, but easy to please.

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  Inspirational, Men, Easy

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• From a grain of sand in the Pearl comes.

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  Pearls, Sand, Grains Of Sand

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• I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.

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  Friendship, Smile, Shadow

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• The real fault is to have faults and not amend them.

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  Real, Justice, Diversity

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

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• The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.

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  Mean, Pride, Men

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.68, Courier Corporation

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• Humankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.

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  Animal, People, Littles

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• Confucius say... politician is one who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after.

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  Hands, Election, Politician

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• A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.223, Courier Corporation

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• A man who does not forget an agreement is resolved and honorable man.

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  Men, Honorable Man, Doe

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• I do not enlighten those who are not eager to learn, nor arouse those who are not anxious to give an explanation themselves. If I have presented one corner of the square and they cannot come back to me with the other three, I should not go over the points again.

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  Squares, Giving, Three

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• To know it is not as good as to love it, and to love it is not as good as to take delight in it.

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  Love, Delight, Knows

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• If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct?

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  Leadership, People, Dare

  Confucius (2015). “The Analects of Confucius”, p.54, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• The man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks.

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  Honesty, Men, Life Is

  Confucius (2014). “THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS”, p.93, Lulu.com

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• The proper man understands equity, the small man profits.

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  Education, Men, Profit

  Confucius (1956). “Confucian analects”, Commodius Vicus

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• Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.

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  Education, Teaching, Learning

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

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• They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.

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  Truth, Delight, Confucianism

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

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• The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this. In a position of wealth and honor, he does what is proper to a position of wealth and honor. In a poor and low position, he does what is proper to a poor and low position.

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  Men, Honor, Desire

  Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.28, Delphi Classics

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• He who is harmony with Nature hits the mark without effort and apprehends the truth without thinking.

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  Thinking, Effort, Harmony

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• Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.

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  Kindness, Should, Whole Life

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• If you know, say you know. If you don't know, say you don't know.

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  Knows, Ifs

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

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• Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption.

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  Justice, Doe, Faults

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

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• Sincerity becomes apparent. From being apparent, it becomes manifest. From being manifest, it becomes brilliant. Brilliant, it affects others. Affecting others, they are changed by it. Changed by it, they are transformed. It is only he who is possessed of the most complete sincerity that can exist under heaven, who can transform.

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  Heaven, Brilliant, Influence

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.33, Courier Corporation

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