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In speaking, it is best to be clear and say just enough to convey the meaning.

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The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism.

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Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.

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Love of goodness without love of learning degenerates into simple-mindedness. Love of knowledge without love of learning degenerates into utter lack of principle. Love of faithfulness without love of learning degenerates into injurious disregard of consequences. Love of uprightness without love of learning degenerates into harshness. Love of courage without love of learning degenerates into insubordination. Love of strong character without love of learning degenerates into mere recklessness.

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

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The man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks.

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Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned?

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Happiness is not at the top of the mountain, but in how to climb.

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Every piece of marble has a statue in it waiting to be released by a person of sufficient skill to chip away the unnecessary parts. Just as the sculptor is to the marble, so is education to the soul. It releases it. For only educated people are free people. You cannot create a statue by smashing the marble with a hammer, and you cannot by the force of arms release the spirit or the soul of people.

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To think twice is quite enough.

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To find the Tao, there is nowhere you need to search. If it is not inside you, it is not the Tao.

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Your eyes are always bigger than your stomach.

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Look closely into his aims, observe the means by which he pursues them, discover what brings him content - and can the man's real worth remain hidden from you?

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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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The requisites of government are that there be sufficiency of food, sufficiency of military equipment, and the confidence of the people in their ruler.

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The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?

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The superior man is quiet and calm, waiting for the appointments of heaven, while the mean man walks in dangerous paths, looking for lucky occurrences.

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The way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse the space that is near, and in ascending a height, when we must begin from the lower ground.

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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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When the multitude detests a man, inquiry is necessary; when the multitude likes a man, inquiry is equally necessary.

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