Confucius Quotes, Learning Quotes, Trustworthy Quotes

In a hamlet of ten households, there are bound to be those who are my equal in doing their best for others and in being trustworthy in what they say, but they are unlikely to be as eager to learn as I am.

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To study and at times practice what one has learned, is this not a pleasure?

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When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature, we have the pedant.

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If you don't know the life yet, how could be possible for you to know the death?

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What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is true wisdom.

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It is true that we shall not be able to reach perfection, but in our struggle toward it we shall strengthen our characters and give stability to our ideas, so that, whilst ever advancing calmly in the same direction, we shall be rendered capable of applying the faculties with which we have been gifted to the best possible account.

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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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If you reflect within yourself and find nothing to be ashamed of, how could you have anxiety or fear.

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Transport a handful of earth everyday and you will make a mountain.

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Never tire to study. And to teach to others

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There may be men who act without understanding why. I do not. To listen much, pick out the good and follow it; to see much and ponder it: this comes next to understanding.

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If the people be led by laws, and uniformity sought to be given them by punishments, they will try to avoid the punishment, but have no sense of shame.

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he who will not economize will agonize

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It is goodness that gives to a neighborhood its beauty. One who is free to choose, yet does not prefer to dwell among the good - how can he be accorded the name of wise?

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He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.

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

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Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the infinite shines.

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I could see peace instead of this.

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Sir, in carrying on your government, why should you use killing at all? Let your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it.

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