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Master Quotes by Confucius
- The Master said, If out of the three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teachings, I would say 'Let…
- A disciple having asked for a definition of charity, the Master said LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
- There is one single thread binding my way together...the way of the Master consists in doing one's best...that is all.
- The master said, 'Quietly to store up knowledge in my mind, to learn without flagging, to teach without growing weary, these present me with no…
- The Master said, The case is like that of someone raising a mound. If he stops working, the fact that it perhaps needed only one…
- The Master said, At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I…
- Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
- The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could…
- The Master said of Gong Yechang, “He is marriageable. Although he was once imprisoned and branded as a criminal, he was in fact innocent of…
- The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.” (Analects 4.16)
- The Master said, “If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment.
- The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely of shabby clothing…
- The Master said, “Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not…
- The Master said, “A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present.” (Analects 2.11)
- The Master said, “To study, and then in a timely fashion to practice what you have learned—is this not satisfying? To have companions arrive from…
- Tsze-Kung asked, “Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?” The Master said, “Is not reciprocity such a word? What…
- Tsze-Kung asked, Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life? The Master said, Is not Reciprocity such…
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- The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master… — Mikhail Bakunin
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- Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master. — P T Barnum
- When I was in school, my mother stressed education. I am so glad she did. I graduated from Yale College and Yale… — Angela Bassett
- This veridic nose arrives everywhere a quarter of an hour before its master. Ten shoemakers, good round fat ones too, go and… — Cyrano de Bergerac
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