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Please stop waiting for a better and more appropriate time to become happy and focus on the moment you live in. Happiness is not an arrival, it is the journey itself. Many people seek for happiness above the height of human beings, some below. Yet, happiness is exactly at the exact height of human beings.

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The higher type of man clings to virtue, the lower type of man clings to material comfort. The higher type of man cherishes justice, the lower type of man cherishes the hope of favors to be received.

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The proper man understands equity, the small man profits.

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In your promises cleave to what is right, And you will be able to fulfill your word.

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The Master said of Gong Yechang, “He is marriageable. Although he was once imprisoned and branded as a criminal, he was in fact innocent of any crime.” The Master gave him his daughter in marriage. (Analects 5.1)

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I used to listen to what others said, and expect them to act accordingly. But nowadays, I listen to what they say, and then observe what they do.

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Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

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If proper in their own conduct, what difficulty would they have in governing? But if not able to be proper in their own conduct, how can they demand such conduct from others?

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The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.

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Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.

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A man of humanity is one who, in seeking to establish himself, finds a foothold for others and who, in desiring attaining himself, helps others to attain.

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He who works for his own interests will arouse much animosity

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If your desire is for good, the people will be good.

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Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

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Charity is that rational and constant affection which makes us sacrifice ourselves to the human race, as if we were united with it, so as to form one individual, partaking equally in its adversity and prosperity.

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If the gentleman is not serious, he will not be respected, and his learning will not be on a firm foundation. He considers loyalty and faithfulness to be fundamental, has no friends who are not like him, and when he has made mistakes, he is not afraid of correcting them.

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The superior person is in harmony, but does not follow the crowd. The lesser person follows the crowd, but is not in harmony.

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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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The superior man does not mind being in office; all he minds about is whether he has qualities that entitle him to office. He does not mind failing to get recognition; he is too busy doing the things that entitle him to recognition.

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Some are born with knowledge, some derive it from study, and some acquire it only after a painful realization of their ignorance. But the knowledge being possessed, it comes to the same thing. Some study with a natural ease, some from a desire for advantages, and some by strenuous effort. But the achievement being made, it comes to the same thing.

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