Confucius Quotes - Page 9

• A lion chased me up a tree, and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top.

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  Views, Tree, Lions

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• Women and people of low birth are very hard to deal with. If you are friendly to them, they get out of hand, and if you keep your distance, they resent it.

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  Women, Distance, Hands

  Confucius (1998). “论语”

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• Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.

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  Education, Kindness, Men

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• He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him; He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him

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  Wise, Men, Foolish Man

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• When you are ignorant about something, to know that you are ignorant about it - that is knowledge.

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  Ignorant, Knows

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• The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

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  Spiritual, Yoga, Men

  "Out of the Blue: Delight Comes Into Our Lives". Book by Mark Victor Hansen, Barbara Nichols, and Patty Hansen, 1996.

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• An image is better than one thousand words

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  Photography, Thousand

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• Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.

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  Time, Reflection, Waste

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• The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear.

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  Wise, Fear, Anxiety

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• Tsze-Kung asked, “Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?” The Master said, “Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

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  Done, Want, Lifetime

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• Without that innate sense of human worth, a man cannot long endure adversity, nor can he long enjoy prosperity.

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  Adversity, Happy Life, Men

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• Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.

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  Passion, Doors, Soul

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

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• If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?

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  Love, Fear, Integrity

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• The man who loves his job never works a day in his life.

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  Jobs, Men, He Man

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• An inch of time on the sundial is worth more than a foot of jade.

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  Inspirational, Feet, Jade

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• Love of goodness without love of learning degenerates into simple-mindedness. Love of knowledge without love of learning degenerates into utter lack of principle. Love of faithfulness without love of learning degenerates into injurious disregard of consequences. Love of uprightness without love of learning degenerates into harshness. Love of courage without love of learning degenerates into insubordination. Love of strong character without love of learning degenerates into mere recklessness.

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  Love, Strong, Learning

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• Seek Not Every Quality In One Individual.

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  Relationship, Funny Relationship, Quality

  Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.507, Delphi Classics

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• Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.

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  Teacher, Learning, Knowledge

  "The Analects". Book by Confucius,

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• A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.

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  Wise, Heart, Men

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• To take what you know for what you know, and what you do not know for what you do not know, that is knowledge indeed.

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  Inspirational, Wisdom, True Knowledge

  "The Analects".

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• There are those men who say to repay evil with kindness. But I say, how then are we to repay kindness? Repay kindness with kindness, but repay evil with justice.

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  Kindness, Men, Evil

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• I'd rather die for speaking out, than to live and be silent.

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  Hero, Chinese, Silent

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• Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.

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  Good Life, Consideration, Bases

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• The sun and moon shine on all without partiality.

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  Love, Inspirational, Funny

  Confucius (1967). “Li Chi: Book of Rites: An Encyclopedia of Ancient Ceremonial Usages, Religious Creeds, and Social Institutions”

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• If one is guided by profit in one's actions, one will incur much ill will.

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  Ill Will, Action, Profit

  Confucius (1992). “Confucius: The Analects”

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