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Perfect Quotes by Confucius
- When the perfect order prevails, the world is like a home shared by all. Leaders are capable and virtuous. Everyone loves and respects their own…
- Balance is the perfect state of still water. Let that be our model. It remains quiet within and is not disturbed on the surface.
- How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up to the height…
- When the Superior Man eats he does not try to stuff himself; at rest he does not seek perfect comfort; he is diligent in his…
- Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.
- To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
- The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
- No lake so still but it has its wave. No circle so perfect but that it has its blur. I would change things for you…
- Five things constitute perfect virtue: gravity, magnanimity, earnestness, sincerity and kindness
- To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.
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