Confucius Quotes - Page 21

• If I understand Change, I shall make no great mistake in Life

  Confucius

  Mistake, Life Mistakes, Great Mistakes

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• The great mountain must collapse, the mighty beam must break and the wise man wither like a plant.

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  Wise, Men, Mountain

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• In a district of ten families, there must be someone as honorable and sincere as I, but none as fond of learning.

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  Sincere, Honorable, Ten

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• Think no vice so small that you may commit it, and no virtue so small that you may over look it.

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  Thinking, Vices, Looks

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• Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade.

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  Winter, Lasts, Cypresses

  Confucius, Edward Slingerland (2003). “Analects: With Selections from Traditional Commentaries”, p.96, Hackett Publishing

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• Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.

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  Would Be, Sincerity, Ends

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.418, Courier Corporation

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• The gentleman is calm and at ease. The gentleman is dignified but not proud; the small man is proud but not dignified.

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  Men, Gentleman, Ease

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• Never seek illicit wealth.

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  Chinese, Wealth

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• A good man does not make a warrior, just as good steel does not go for nails.

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  Warrior, Men, Good Man

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• Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.

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  Believe, Age, Aging

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• Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.

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  Integrity, Men, Fire

  Confucius (2009). “The Confucian Analects, the Great Learning & the Doctrine of the Mean”, p.304, Cosimo, Inc.

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• It is man that makes truth great, and not truth that makes man great.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  "The wisdom of Confucius".

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• Writing cannot express all words, words cannot encompass all ideas.

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  Writing, Ideas, Language

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• What is most needed for learning is a humble mind.

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  Humble, Mind, Needed

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• He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

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  Inspirational, Life, Success

  Confucius, Mencius, Ssǔ shu, Wu king, Shu Ching (1861). “The Chinese Classics”, p.148

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• Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not do to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.

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  Love, Forgiveness, Spiritual

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• It doesn't make a difference how gradually you go so long as you don't stop.

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  Differences, Long, Making A Difference

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• Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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

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• How should I know anything about another world when I know so little of this?

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  Religion, World, Littles

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• The only people who cannot change are the most wise and the most stupid.

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  Wise, Stupid, People

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• Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.

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  Learning, Chinese, Programming

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• Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree, but it preserves it.

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  Science, Tree, Bark

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• The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely of shabby clothing or modest meals is not even worth conversing with.” (Analects 4.9)

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  Heart, Gentleman, Meals

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• An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

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  Philosophical, Beer, Government

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• The cautious seldom err.

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  Leadership, Mistake, Failure

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.171, Courier Corporation

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