Confucius Quotes, Principles Quotes, Events Quotes

There are some with whom we may study in common, but we shall find them unable to go along with us to principles. Perhaps we may go on with them to principles, but we shall find them unable to get established in those along with us. Or if we may get so established along with them, we shall find them unable to weigh occurring events along with us.

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A good man will certainly also possess courage; but a brave man is not necessarily good.

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If Language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant. If what is said is not what is meant, then what ought to be done, remains undone.

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Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

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All wisdom is rooted in learning to call things by the right name. When things are properly identified, they fall into natural categories and understanding becomes orderly.

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Heaven, in the production of things, is sure to be bountiful to them, according to their qualities. Hence the tree that is flourishing, it nourishes, while that which is ready to fall, it overthrows.

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Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?

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Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established

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I was complaining that I had no shoes till I met a man who had no feet.

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The object of the superior man is truth.

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Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

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The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.

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Who heeds not the future will find sorrow at hand

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I know how the birds fly, how the fishes swim, how animals run. But there is the Dragon. I cannot tell how it mounts on the winds through the clouds and flies through heaven. Today I have seen the Dragon.

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I do not enlighten those who are not eager to learn, nor arouse those who are not anxious to give an explanation themselves. If I have presented one corner of the square and they cannot come back to me with the other three, I should not go over the points again.

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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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A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.

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Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.

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We are so busy doing the urgent that we don't have time to do the important.

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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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