Confucius Quotes, Country Quotes, Father Quotes

Among us, in our part of the country, those who are upright are different from this. The father conceals the misconduct of the son, and the son conceals the misconduct of the father. Uprightness is to be found in this.

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If you don't know how to serve men, why worry about serving the gods?

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Ceremonies are the first thing to be attended to in the practice of government.

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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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I have yet to meet a man as fond of high moral conduct as he is of outward appearances.

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We can know a person by observing his behaviour, understanding the reasons for his actions and ascertaining his intentions. If we do this, how can we not know him?

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I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.

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He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

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How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up to the height of heaven. All-complete is its greatness! It embraces the three hundred rules of ceremony, and the three thousand rules of demeanor. It waits for the proper man, and then it is trodden. Hence it is said, 'Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.'

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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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If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children.

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The gentleman prefers to be slow in word but diligent in action.

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First there must be order and harmony within your own mind.

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Heaven is author of the virtue that is in me

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It is the law of nature that woman should be held under the dominance of man.

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A scholar who loves comfort is not fit to be called a scholar.

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The gentleman calls attention to the good points in others; he does not call attention to their defects. The small man does just the reverse of this.

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

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