Confucius Quotes, Wise Quotes, Philosophical Quotes

A fool marvels at rare things, but a wise man at common ones.

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Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

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Don't worry if people don't recognize your merits; worry that you may not recognize theirs.

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Yin and yang, male and female, strong and weak, rigid and tender, heaven and earth, light and darkness, thunder and lightning, cold and warmth, good and evil...the interplay of opposite principles constitutes the universe.

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In language clarity is everything.

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

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Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.

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Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

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Be faithful and true of word; let thy walk be plain and lowly: thou wilt get on, though in savage land. If thy words be not faithful and true, thy walk plain and lowly, wilt thou get on, though in thine own home? Standing, see these words ranged before thee; driving, see them written upon the yoke. Then thou wilt get on.

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All men are born good.

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Only one who bursts with enthusiasm do I instruct; Only one who bubbles with excitement do I enlighten. If I hold up one corner and you do not come back to me with the other three, I do not continue the lesson.

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The vices come as passengers, visit us as guest and stay as masters.

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A knight whose heart is set upon the Way, but who is ashamed of wearing shabby clothes and eating coarse food, is not worth calling into counsel.

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Table your mistakes, learn from them, then move on.

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What the wise seek is in themselves

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Keep it simple and focus on what matters. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed.

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He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.

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How abundantly do spiritual beings display the powers that belong to them! We look for them, but do not see them; we listen to, but do not hear them; yet they enter into all things, and there is nothing without them.

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The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.

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When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.

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