Way Quotes by Confucius

Sincerity is the way of heaven.

— Confucius

The way you cut your meat reflects the way you live.

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

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Wisdom is rooted in watching with affection the way people grow.

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The Way is not for, but from, man; if we take the Way as something superhuman, beyond man, this is not the…

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Who expects to be able to go out of a house except by the door? How is it then that no one…

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There is one single thread binding my way together...the way of the Master consists in doing one's best...that is all.

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You turn the handle the way it goes, not the way it ought to go

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Wisdom, humanity & courage, these three are universal virtues. The way by which they are practiced are one.

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The superior man is firm in the right way and not merely firm.

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The really faithful lover of learning holds fast to the Good Way till death.

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Wealth and rank are what men desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed. Poverty…

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The Master said, I set my heart on the Way, base myself on virtue, lean upon benevolence for support and take my…

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The way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we…

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If there were an honorable way to get rich, I’d do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with…

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It is the way of the superior man to prefer the concealment of his virtue, while it daily becomes more illustrious, and…

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Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last…

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The way of Heaven and Earth may be completely declared in one sentence: They are without any doubleness, and so they produce…

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The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold…

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The Master said, "Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way…

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Great as heaven and earth are, men still find some things in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is that,…

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A gentleman, in his plans, thinks of the Way; he does not think how he is going to make a living. Even…

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The administration of government lies in getting proper men. Such men are to be got by means of the ruler's own character.…

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The Master said, A gentleman, in his plans, thinks of the Way; he does not think how he is going to make…

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What is God-given is called nature; to follow nature is called Tao (the Way); to cultivate the way is called culture. Before…

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I have never seen one who really loves goodness or one who really hates wickedness. One who really loves goodness will not…

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Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they are obtained in the right way they may not be possessed.

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The people may be put into the way they should go, though they may not be put into the way of understanding…

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Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.

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If a man in the morning hear the right way, he may die in the evening without regret.

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The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?

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The most beautiful sight in the world is a little child going confidently down the road of life after you have shown…

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First and foremost, be faithful to your superiors, keep all promises, refuse the friendship of all who are not like you; and…

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The gods should certainly be revered, but kept at a distance... . The way is not beyond man; he who creates a…

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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…

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If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to…

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The failure to cultivate virtue, the failure to examine and analyze what I have learned, the inability to move toward righteousness after…

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The ideal teacher guides his students but does not pull them along; he urges them to go forward and does not suppress…

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In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the target, he…

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The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely…

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