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From Quotes by Confucius
- True goodness springs from a man's own heart. All men are born good.
- Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never…
- Love should start from people close to us, then be extended to other people, to strangers, and eventually to the world
- He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being the object of resentment.
- He who remembers from day to day what he has yet to learn, and from month to month what he has learned already, may be…
- Behave when away from home as though you were in the presence of an honored guest. Employ the people as though you were assisting at…
- There are three marks of a superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; being wise, he is free from perplexity; being brave, he…
- If a man sets his heart on benevolence he will be free from evil.
- If you would one day renovate yourself, do so from day to day.
- Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?
- The Path is not far from man. When men try to pursue a course, which is far from the common indications of consciousness, this course…
- The way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse…
- When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the…
- Sincerity becomes apparent. From being apparent, it becomes manifest. From being manifest, it becomes brilliant. Brilliant, it affects others. Affecting others, they are changed by…
- The superior man undergoes three changes. Looked at from a distance, he appears stern; when approached, he is mild; when he is heard to speak,…
- The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear.
- If proper in their own conduct, what difficulty would they have in governing? But if not able to be proper in their own conduct, how…
- The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from…
- Among us, in our part of the country, those who are upright are different from this. The father conceals the misconduct of the son, and…
- When we have intelligence resulting from sincerity, this condition is to be ascribed to nature; when we have sincerity resulting from intelligence, this condition is…
- One who is by nature daring and is suffering from poverty will not long be law-abiding. Indeed, any men, save those that are truly good,…
- It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.
- Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune.
- There are 3 elements essential in the matters of the State, Food, Military equipment, and Confidence of the people in the ruler. Of these 3,…
- The small man thinks that small acts of goodness are of no benefit, and does not do them; and that small deeds of evil do…
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