Confucius Quotes - Page 30

• The inner nature of man is the province of Music.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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

  Confucius

  Character, Men, Self

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

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• Every piece of marble has a statue in it waiting to be released by a person of sufficient skill to chip away the unnecessary parts. Just as the sculptor is to the marble, so is education to the soul. It releases it. For only educated people are free people. You cannot create a statue by smashing the marble with a hammer, and you cannot by the force of arms release the spirit or the soul of people.

  Confucius

  Teacher, Skills, People

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• If one learns from others, but does not think, one will be bewildered. If, on the other hand, one thinks but does not learn from others, one will be in peril.

  Confucius

  Yoga, Thinking, Hands

  Confucius (1979). “Lunyu”

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• Be faithful and true of word; let thy walk be plain and lowly: thou wilt get on, though in savage land. If thy words be not faithful and true, thy walk plain and lowly, wilt thou get on, though in thine own home? Standing, see these words ranged before thee; driving, see them written upon the yoke. Then thou wilt get on.

  Confucius

  Integrity, Home, Land

  Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• Be strict with yourself but least reproachful of others and complaint is kept afar.

  Confucius

  Afar, Complaints, Strict

  Confucius (1996). “Le Lun Yü en français”

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• Behind every smile there's teeth.

  Confucius

  Teeth, Behinds

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• There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.322, Courier Corporation

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• Who keeps the old akindle and adds new knowledge is fitted to be a teacher.

  Confucius

  Teacher, Add, New Knowledge

  Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

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• Who heeds not the future will find sorrow at hand

  Confucius

  Future, Hands, Sorrow

  Confucius (2012). “The Analects”, p.93, Courier Corporation

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• When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.

  Confucius

  Wise, Spiritual, Knowledge

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

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• To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one doesn't know what one doesn't know, there lies true wisdom.

  Confucius

  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• Is any one able for one day to apply his strength to virtue? I have not seen the case in which his strength would be sufficient.

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  One Day, Would Be, Able

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius (Book Four, Section 4.6),

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• Care not for want of place; care for thy readiness to fill one. Care not for being unknown, but seek to be worthy of note.

  Confucius

  Care, Want, Notes

  Confucius (2014). “THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS”, p.32, Lulu.com

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• If one leads them with administrative measures and uses punishments to make them conform, the people will be evasive, but if one leads them with virtue, they will come up to expectations.

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  Punishment, People, Expectations

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• The Master said, "Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not abide them. Poverty and disgrace are things that all people hate, and yet unless they are avoided in the proper way I will not despise them. If the gentleman abandons ren, how can he be worthy of that name? The gentleman does not violate ren even for the amount of time required to eat a meal. Even in times of urgency or distress, he does not depart from it."

  Confucius

  Hate, Names, People

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius (Book Four, Section 4.5),

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• If I hold up one corner of a square and the student cannot workout the other three for himself, I won't go any further.

  Confucius

  Workout, Squares, Three

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• A man of humanity is one who, in seeking to establish himself, finds a foothold for others and who, in desiring attaining himself, helps others to attain.

  Confucius

  Helping Others, Men, Humanity

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• In dealing with the dead, if we treat them as if they were entirely dead, that would show a want of affection and should not be done; or, if we treat them as if they were entirely alive, that would show a want of wisdom and should not be done.

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  Done, Alive, Want

  Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.657, Delphi Classics

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• Man is born with uprightness. If one loses it, he will be lucky if he escapes with his life.

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  Life, Men, Lucky

  Analects ch. 6, v. 17 (translation by Wing-Tsit Chan)

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• The superior man governs men, according to their nature, with what is proper to them, and as soon as they change what is wrong, he stops.

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  Men, Superior Man, Superiors

  Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.27, Delphi Classics

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• Lead the people with administrative injunctions and put them in their place with penal law, and they will avoid punishments but will be without a sense of shame. Lead them with excellence and put them in their place through roles and ritual practices, and in addition to developing a sense of shame, they will order themselves harmoniously

  Confucius

  Order, Law, Practice

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• The rich fool is like a pig that is choked by its own fat.

  Confucius

  Pigs, Riches, Fool

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• Here is an example of Confucius sayings: "It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop." In a few words, Confucius teaches us about patience, perseverance, discipline, and hard work. But if you probe further, you will see more layers. Confucius' philosophies have significantly influenced spiritual and social thought. His views bear insight and depth of wisdom. You can apply his teachings in every sphere of life. Confucius' profound teachings are based on humanism.

  Confucius

  Spiritual, Perseverance, Philosophy

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• The Way is not for, but from, man; if we take the Way as something superhuman, beyond man, this is not the real Way.

  Confucius

  Real, Men, Way

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