Confucius Quotes, Men Quotes, Middle Quotes

If I cannot get men who steer a middle course to associate with, I would far rather have the impetuous and hasty. For the impetuous at any rate assert themselves.

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There are cases in which the blade springs, but the plant does not go on to flower. There are cases where it flowers, but no fruit is subsequently produced.

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When you have become one with the Great Universal, you will have no partiality, and when you are part of the process of transformation, you will have no rigidity.

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Study the past if you want to define the future.

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You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it.

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He who flatters a man is his enemy. he who tells him of his faults is his maker.

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We should not be too familiar with the lower orders or with women.

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Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.

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The wise man delights in water, the Good man delights in mountains. For the wise move; but the Good stay still. The wise are happy; but the good secure.

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Some may study side by side, and yet be asunder when they come to the logic of things.

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The superior person gathers his weapons together in order to provide against the unforeseen.

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Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.

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Everyone eats and drinks; yet only few appreciate the taste of food.

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You judge yourself by what you think you can achieve, others judge you by what have achieved.

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If an urn lacks the characteristics of an urn, how can we call it an urn?

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The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities.

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Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.

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The Master said, At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities. At fifty, I knew what were the biddings of Heaven. At sixty, I heard them with docile ear. At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of righ.

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The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life; and who does not forget an old agreement however far back it extends - such a man may be reckoned a complete man.

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From the loving example of one family a whole State may become loving, and from its courtesies, courteous; while from the ambition and perverseness of the one man the whole State may be thrown into rebellious disorder. Such is the nature of influence.

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