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When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

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When a man is guided by the principles of reciprocity and consciousness, he is not far from the moral law. Whatever you don't wish for yourself don't do unto others.

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To err and not reform, this may indeed be called error.

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Tea tempers the spirits and harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness, lightens or refreshes the body, and clears the perceptive faculties.

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If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

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Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.

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What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?

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They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.

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A man who has committed a mistake and does not correct it is committing another mistake.

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Faithfulness and sincerity first of all.

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Study the past, if you would divine the future.

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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 must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.

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I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.

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If names are not correct, then language is not in accord with the truth of things. If language is not in accord with the truth of things, then affairs cannot be carried out successfully.

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The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!” (Analects 6.11)

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The end of the day is near when small men make long shadows.

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

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Not to mend one's ways when one has erred is to err indeed.

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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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To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.

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