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“An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it.” quote by Confucius — Download Open image

“An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it.”

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Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.

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In ancient times, those who wished to illuminate the world with virtue first brought order to their nations. Wishing to order well their nations, they first harmonized their families. Wishing to harmonize their families, they first cultivated themselves. Wishing to cultivate themselves, they first rectified their minds. Those who wished to rectify their minds first made their intentions sincere.

Better than the one who knows what is right is the one who loves what is right.

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Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.

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I live in a very small house, but my windows look out on a very large world.

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The real fault is to have faults and not amend them.

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To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.

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A picture is poem without words.

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Heaven means to be one with God.

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Does Heaven ever speak? The four seasons come and go, and all creatures thrive and grow. Does Heaven ever speak!

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All I hear is the people that appreciate me.

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The connoisseur of art must be able to appreciate what is simply beautiful, but the common run of people is satisfied with ornament

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It's great at this stage in my life to still be in the running, that people appreciate you.

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