Confucius Quotes - Page 29

• Let a ruler base his government upon virtuous principles, and he will be like the pole-star, which remains steadfast in its place, while all the host of stars turn towards it

  Confucius

  Stars, Government, Principles

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

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• Be aroused by poetry; structure yourself with propriety, refine yourself with music.

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  Music, Structure, Propriety

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• Many seek happiness higher than men; others beneath him. But happiness is the same height as man.

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  Men, Height, Higher

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• Exemplary people concern themselves with virtue,
  small people concern themselves with territory. The ruling class
  thinks of punishment, the lower classes hope for benevolence.

  Confucius

  Thinking, Punishment, Class

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• Everyone calls his son his son, whether he has talents or has not talents.

  Confucius

  Son, Talent

  Confucius (1932). “The Wisdom of Confucius: A Collection of the Ethical Sayings of Confucius and of His Disciples”

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• The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.

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  Integrity, Sacrifice, Men

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

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• Not to mend one's ways when one has erred is to err indeed.

  Confucius

  Way

  Confucius (1979). “Lunyu”

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• He who rules by moral force is like the pole star, which remains in place while all the lesser stars do homage to it.

  Confucius

  Stars, Moral, Authority

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

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• In teaching there should be no distinction of classes.

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  Teaching, Class, Should

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.305, Courier Corporation

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• I transmit but do not create. I place my trust in the teachings of antiquity.

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  Teaching, Oneness, Antiquity

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• Do not unto another that you would hot have him do unto you. Thou needest this law alone. It is the foundation of all the rest.

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  Law, Foundation, Hot

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• There are three sorts of pleasures which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Finding pleasure in the discriminating study of ceremonies and music, finding pleasure in discussing the good points in the conduct of others, and finding pleasure in having many wise friends, these are advantageous. But finding pleasure in profligate enjoyments, finding pleasure in idle gadding about, and finding pleasure in feasting, these are injurious.

  Confucius

  Friendship, Wise, Three

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• Justice for All in the World

  Confucius

  Justice For All, Justice, Chinese

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• A gentleman considers justice to be essential in everything. He practices it according to the principles of propriety. He brings it forth in modesty and faithfully completes it. This is indeed a gentleman.

  Confucius

  Practice, Justice, Gentleman

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• If names are not correct, then language is not in accord with the truth of things. If language is not in accord with the truth of things, then affairs cannot be carried out successfully.

  Confucius

  Names, Language, Affair

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• When a man feels the difficulty of doing, can he be other than cautious and slow in speaking?

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  Men, Difficulty, Feels

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.252, Courier Corporation

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• We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves

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  Funny, Happiness, Pain

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• I daily examine myself on three points: In planning for others, have I failed in conscientiousness? In intercourse with friends, have I been insincere? And have I failed to practice what I have been taught?

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  Practice, Three, Taught

  Confucius (2012). “The Analects”, p.16, Courier Corporation

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• Charity is that rational and constant affection which makes us sacrifice ourselves to the human race, as if we were united with it, so as to form one individual, partaking equally in its adversity and prosperity.

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  Adversity, Sacrifice, Race

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 46, 1895.

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• Wealth and rank are what men desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed. Poverty and obscurity are what men detest; but unless prosperity be brought about in the right way, they are not to be abandoned.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  "The Analects".

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• Every thoughtful pin on pinterest has beauty. But not everyone can see.

  Confucius

  Thoughtful, Pinterest, Social Media

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• A gentleman wishes to be slow to speak and quick to act.

  Confucius

  Gentleman, Wish, Speak

  Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.

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  Art, Truth, Anger

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• Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.

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  Character, Men, Self

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

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• In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the target, he turns round and seeks for the cause of his failure in himself.

  Confucius

  Archer, Character, Men

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

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