Confucius quotes - page 14

I have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women. (Confucius)
If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere - although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has. View quote
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The superior man is distressed by his want of ability. View quote
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Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others. View quote
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To be in one's own heart in kindly sympathy with all things this is the nature of righteousness. View quote
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Of neighborhoods, benevolence is the most beautiful. How can the man be considered wise who when he had the choice does not settle in benevolence. View quote
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I saw some piglets suckling their dead mother. After a short while they shuddered and went away. They had sensed that she could no longer see them and that she wasn't like them any more. What they loved in their mother wasn't her body, but whatever it was that made her body live. View quote
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Virtue is not solitary it is bound to have neighbors. View quote
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The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety. View quote
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Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand. View quote
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The man of noble mind seeks to achieve the good in others and not their evil. The little-minded man is the reverse of this. (Confucius)
I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there. View quote
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The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it. View quote
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There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth...lust. When he is strong...quarrelsomeness. When he is old...covetousness. View quote
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Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established. View quote
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While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits [of the dead]?...While you do not know life, how can you know about death? View quote
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Such being its nature, without any display, it becomes manifested; without any movement, it produces changes; and without any effort, it accomplishes its ends. View quote
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We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one. View quote
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In a high situation, he does not treat with contempt his inferiors. In a low situation, he does not court the favor of his superiors. View quote
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To entire sincerity there belongs ceaselessness. View quote
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Thus his words have respect to his actions, and his actions have respect to his words; is it not just an entire sincerity which marks the superior man? (Confucius)
The superior man examines his heart, that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause for dissatisfaction with himself. View quote
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I do not open up the truth to one who is not eager to get knowledge, nor help out any one who is not anxious to explain himself. View quote
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It is only the individual possessed of the most entire sincerity that can exist under Heaven, who can adjust the great invariable relations of mankind, establish the great fundamental virtues of humanity, and know the transforming and nurturing operations of Heaven and Earth. View quote
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The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. View quote
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