Confucius quotes - page 12

See a person's means (of getting things). Observe his motives. Examine that in which he rests. (Confucius)
To worship to other than one's own ancestral spirits is brown-nosing. If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage. View quote
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To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right. View quote
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Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass. View quote
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Excess and deficiency are equally at fault. View quote
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It is the law of nature that woman should be held under the dominance of man. View quote
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Unify your attention. Do not listen with your ears, but with your mind. Do not listen with your mind but with your essence. View quote
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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. View quote
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Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues. View quote
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Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in. View quote
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If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand. (Confucius)
To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. View quote
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A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart. View quote
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The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them. View quote
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If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct. View quote
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Good people strengthen themselves ceaselessly. View quote
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It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great. View quote
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It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family. View quote
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Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed. View quote
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Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things. View quote
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He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed. (Confucius)
Between friends, frequent reproofs make the friendship distant. View quote
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When I walk along with two others, from at least one I will be able to learn. View quote
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To be fond of learning is near to wisdom to practice with vigor is near to benevolence and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude. He who knows these three things. View quote
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The main object of conciliation lies in reaching a solution to a case based upon morals and with a warm heart. View quote
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