Confucius Quotes, Life Quotes, Heart Quotes

When things are investigated, then true knowledge is achieved; when true knowledge is achieved, then the will becomes sincere; when the will is sincere, then the heart is set right ; when the heart is set right, then the personal life is cultivated; when the personal life is cultivated, then the family life is regulated; when the family life is regulated, then the national life is orderly; and when the national life is orderly, then there is peace in this world.

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Things being investigated, knowledge became complete. Their knowledge being complete, their thoughts were sincere. Their thoughts being sincere, their hearts were then rectified. Their hearts being rectified, their persons were cultivated. Their persons being cultivated, their families were regulated. Their families being regulated, their States were rightly governed. Their States being rightly governed, the whole kingdom was made tranquil and happy.

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Being strong does not mean that you never fall down, but that whenever you fall, you get up again.

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Watch their actions, observe their motives, examine wherein they dwell content; won't you know what kind of person they are?

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A lack of patience in trifling matters might lead to the disruption of great project.

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When words lose their meaning, people lose their liberty.

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If one learns from others, but does not think, one will be bewildered. If, on the other hand, one thinks but does not learn from others, one will be in peril.

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Friendship with the upright, with the truthful and with the well informed is beneficial. Friendship with those who flatter, with those who are meek and who compromise with principles, and with those who talk cleverly is harmful.

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The gentleman holds justice to be of highest importance. If a gentleman has courage but neglects justice, he becomes insurgent. If an inferior man has courage but neglects justice, he becomes a thief.

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These are the four abuses: desire to succeed in order to make oneself famous; taking credit for the labors of others; refusal to correct one's errors despite advice; refusal to change one's ideas despite warnings.

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A knight whose heart is set upon the Way, but who is ashamed of wearing shabby clothes and eating coarse food, is not worth calling into counsel.

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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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To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude.

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The demands that a great man makes are on himself; those of a petty man are upon others.

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The man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks.

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The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.

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

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The contrived language and the flattering attitude rarely come with the virtue.

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You turn the handle the way it goes, not the way it ought to go

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If you don't know the life yet, how could be possible for you to know the death?

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