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

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The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety.

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I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.

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Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.

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No lake so still but it has its wave. No circle so perfect but that it has its blur. I would change things for you if I could; As I can't you must take them as they are.

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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 shortest distance between any two points on a golf course is a straight line that passes directly through the center of a very large tree.

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Three things cannot long be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

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Good people strengthen themselves ceaselessly

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Exemplary people concern themselves with virtue, small people concern themselves with territory. The ruling class thinks of punishment, the lower classes hope for benevolence.

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To give oneself ernestly to securing righteousness and justice among the people, and while respecting the gods and demons, to keep aloof from them, that may be called wisdom.

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In old days men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study in order to impress other people.

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Earnest in practicing the ordinary virtues, and careful in speaking about them, if, in his practice, he has anything defective, the superior man dares not but exert himself; and if, in his words, he has any excess, he dares not allow himself such license.

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Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.

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The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks.

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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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Table your mistakes, learn from them, then move on.

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Be versed in ancient lore, and familiarize yourself with the modern; then may you become teachers.

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A superior man may be made to go to the well, but he cannot be made to go down into it. He may be imposed upon, but he cannot be fooled.

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