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Philosophical Quotes by Confucius
- Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
- It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
- Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?
- The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.
- Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
- Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.
- An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
- When anger rises, think of the consequences.
- What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
- Study the past, if you would divine the future.
- To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.
- I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.
- Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
- We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.
- The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.
- Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.
- The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
- They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
- Heaven means to be one with God.
- Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
- The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
- Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
- The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.
- The object of the superior man is truth.
- To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.
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- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. — Aristotle
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. — Aristotle
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- The energy of the mind is the essence of life. — Aristotle