Confucius Quotes, Music Quotes, Profound Quotes

If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.

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A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad, respectful to his elders.

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There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth ... lust. When he is strong ... quarrelsomeness. When he is old ... covetousness.

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The Superior Man is all-embracing and not partial. The inferior man is partial and not all-embracing.

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An angry person is always full of poison.

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He who needs only coarse food, water and drink, and as pillow his folded arms will find happiness without further search.

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Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.

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Gentlemen cherish worth; the vulgar cherish dirt. Gentlemen trust in justice; the vulgar trust in favor.

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Do not worry about not holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role. Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.

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Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

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Even if I could, I would not exahnge their virtues for my own. And that is why they are intent on learning from me.

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The mirror reflects all objects without being sullied

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A wise man has dignity without pride; a fool has pride without dignity.

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Tea tempers the spirits and harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness, lightens or refreshes the body, and clears the perceptive faculties.

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The Master said, A gentleman, in his plans, thinks of the Way; he does not think how he is going to make a living. Even farming sometimes entails 5 times of shortage; and even learning may incidentally lead to high pay. But a gentleman's anxieties concern the progress of the Way; he has no anxiety concerning poverty.

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To know what is the right thing to do and not do it is the greatest cowardice.

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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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Don't make to others what you don't want them to make to you.

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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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Words are the voice of the heart.

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