Confucius Quotes - Page 8

• To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• He who is really good can never be unhappy. He who is really wise can never be perplexed. He who is really brave is never afraid.

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  Wise, Bravery, Unhappy

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• We should worship as though the deity were present.

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  Deities, Worship, Should

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• When wealth is centralized, the people are dispersed. When wealth is distributed, the people are brought together.

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  Inspiring, Karma, People

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• What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.

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  Character, Men, Chinese

  Confucius, William Jennings, Epiphanius Wilson (1983). “The wisdom of Confucius”, Random House Value Pub

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• The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

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• Great as heaven and earth are, men still find some things in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is that, were the superior man to speak of his way in all its greatness, nothing in the world would be found able to embrace it, and were he to speak of it in its minuteness, nothing in the world would be found able to split it.

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  Character, Greatness, Men

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

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• One dedicated worker is worth a thousand slaves.

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  Slave, Dedicated, Thousand

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• He who take cookie to bed have crummy night ahead.

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  Night, Bed, Cookies

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• Good people strengthen themselves ceaselessly

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  People, Good People

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• The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.150, Courier Corporation

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• A man may not transgress the bounds of major morals, but may make errors in minor morals.

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  Men, Errors, May

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

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• Clever talk and domineering manner have little to with being a Man at His Best.

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  Clever, Men, Littles

  Confucius (1950). “The Best of Confucius”

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• When people are educated, the distinction between classes disappears.

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  Class, People, Disappear

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• When abroad, behaveto everyone as if interviewing an honored guest; in directing the people, act as if you were assisting at a great sacrafice; DO NOT DO TO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD NOT LIKE DONE TO YOURSELF: so there will be no murmuring against you in the country, and none in the family; your public life will arouse no ill-will nor your private life any resentment.

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  Life, Country, Ill Will

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• The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

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  Inspirational, Men, Thinking

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• When the multitude detests a man, inquiry is necessary; when the multitude likes a man, inquiry is equally necessary.

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  Hate, Men, Inquiry

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

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• Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it.

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  Truth, Knowledge, Confucianism

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

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• To be fond of learning is near to wisdom.

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  Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.1073, Delphi Classics

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• The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.

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  Wind, Storm, Stronger

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• It is better to light one small candle of gratitude than to curse the darkness.

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  Gratitude, Light, Darkness

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• A person of character takes as much trouble to discover what is right as the lesser men take to discover what will pay.

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  Character, Men, Pay

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• To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

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  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• One joy dispels a hundred cares.

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  Peace, Healing, Joy

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• The Master said, “If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment.

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  Greed, Determined, Resentment

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