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The master said, 'Quietly to store up knowledge in my mind, to learn without flagging, to teach without growing weary, these present me with no difficulties.'

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The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him.

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Never seek illicit wealth.

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Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.

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He who chases two rabbits, catches none.

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They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.

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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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Even four harnessed horses cannot bring imprudent words back into the mouth.

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The great mountain must collapse, the mighty beam must break and the wise man wither like a plant.

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Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed.

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When a man comes to me, I accept him at his best, not at his worst. Why make so much ado? When a man washes his hands before paying a visit, and you receive him in that clean state, you do not thereby stand surety for his always having been clean in the past.

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There is one single thread binding my way together...the way of the Master consists in doing one's best...that is all.

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The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.

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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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When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path.

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Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn't it also great when friends visit from distant places? If one remains not annoyed when he is not understood by people around him, isn't he a sage?

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The Master said, If out of the three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teachings, I would say 'Let there be no evil in your thoughts.'

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Behave when away from home as though you were in the presence of an honored guest. Employ the people as though you were assisting at an important sacrifice. Do not do to others what you would not like yourself. Then there will be no feelings of opposition to you, whether it is the affairs of a state that you are handling or the affairs of a family.

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If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one's entire life, perhaps it would be 'thoughtfulness.

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To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. When you say something, say what you know. When you don't know something, say you don't know. That is knowledge.

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