Confucius Quotes, Wise Quotes, Moving Quotes

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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Wisdom is worried for being slow in its speech and expeditious in its actions.

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I'd rather die for speaking out, than to live and be silent.

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The person of benevolence never worries.

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There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of his passions; and when old, of covetousness, especially.

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Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it.

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If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.

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Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it.

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Be aroused by poetry; structure yourself with propriety, refine yourself with music.

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Thought, unassisted by learning, is dangerous.

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A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.

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In the Book of Poetry there are three hundred poems, but the meaning of all of them may be put in a single sentence: Have no debasing thoughts.

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Humankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.

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Of course you want to be rich and famous. It's natural. Wealth and fame are what every man desires. The question is: What are you willing to trade for it?

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Balance is the perfect state of still water. Let that be our model. It remains quiet within and is not disturbed on the surface.

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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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There are 3 elements essential in the matters of the State, Food, Military equipment, and Confidence of the people in the ruler. Of these 3, Military Equipment is the least important, Food being the 2nd important, and Confidence of the people being the MOST important. All men rather die of starvation than in war, but nevertheless all men do die of old age. Lacking in Confidence from the people, a state cannot survive.

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A good man regards the root; he fixes the root, and ail else flows out of it. The root is filial piety; the fruit brotherly love.

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The superior man governs men, according to their nature, with what is proper to them, and as soon as they change what is wrong, he stops.

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Excess weakens the spirits.

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