Confucius Quotes, Order Quotes, Law Quotes

If the people are governed by laws and punishment is used to maintain order, they will try to avoid the punishment but have no sense of shame. If they are governed by virtue and rules of propriety are used to maintain order, they will have a sense of shame and will become good as well.

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The Master said, If out of the three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teachings, I would say 'Let there be no evil in your thoughts.'

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Wisdom is rooted in watching with affection the way people grow.

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A reasonable man adjusts himself to the world. An unreasonable man expects the world to adjust itself to him. Therefore all progress is made by unreasonable people.

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Those who are firm, enduring, simple and unpretentious are the nearest to virtue.

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Good is no hermit. It has ever neighbors.

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He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

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To study and at times practice what one has learned, is this not a pleasure?

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Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption.

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In a hamlet of ten households, there are bound to be those who are my equal in doing their best for others and in being trustworthy in what they say, but they are unlikely to be as eager to learn as I am.

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Let our reason, and not our senses, be the rule of our conduct; for reason will teach us to think wisely, to speak prudently, and to behave worthily.

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The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.” (Analects 4.16)

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Heaven sends down its good and evil symbols and wise men act accordingly.

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Therefore only through education does one come to be dissatisfied with his own knowledge, and only through teaching others does one come to realize the uncomfortable inadequacy of his knowledge. Being dissatisfied with his own knowledge, one then realizes that the trouble lies with himself, and realizing the uncomfortable inadequacy of his knowledger.

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If a man sets his heart on benevolence he will be free from evil.

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Wisdom delights in water; love delights in hills. Wisdom is stirring; love is quiet. Wisdom is merry; love grows old.

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

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Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.

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If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to exalt virtue?

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There is no body but eats and drinks. But they are few who can distinguish flavors.

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