Confucius quotes

Never impose on others, what you would not choose for yourself.

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A wild beast hurts your body, an evil friend hurts your heart.

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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

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No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.

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Learning without thought is labor lost, thought without learning is perilous.

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It is better to play than do nothing.

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No matter where you go, there you are.

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Straightforwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.

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Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.

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By three methods we may learn wisdom:.

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Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.

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Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

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The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

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

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He who will not economize will have to agonize.

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It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

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Learn as though you would never be able to master it.

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Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

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If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's ok. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.

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Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.

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There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

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When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.

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

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Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

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Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

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To love a thing means wanting it to live.

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We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

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The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

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The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them, they change and everyone looks up to them.

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Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that separate them.

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When anger rises, think of the consequences.

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I am not concerned that I have no place, I am concerned how I may fit myself for one, I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.

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He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

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I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.

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If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed.

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