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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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There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life -reciprocity.

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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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When a man feels the difficulty of doing, can he be other than cautious and slow in speaking?

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

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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 superior man is quiet and calm, waiting for the appointments of heaven, while the mean man walks in dangerous paths, looking for lucky occurrences.

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Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others.

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Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.

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To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.

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The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him.

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To take what you know for what you know, and what you do not know for what you do not know, that is knowledge indeed.

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The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

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Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it

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Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.

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Listen widely to remove your doubts and be careful when speaking about the rest and your mistakes will be few. See much and get rid of what is dangerous and be careful in acting on the rest and your causes for regret will be few. Speaking without fault, acting without causing regret: 'upgrading' consists in this.

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I used to listen to what others said, and expect them to act accordingly. But nowadays, I listen to what they say, and then observe what they do.

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An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

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A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.

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A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace.

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