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Confucius Quotes - Page 22

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Heaven sends down its good and evil symbols and wise men act accordingly.

Heaven sends down its good and evil symbols and wise men act accordingly.

Wise, Men, Astrology

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 or modest meals is not even worth conversing with.” (Analects 4.9)

Heart, Gentleman, Meals

Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established

Life, Success, Wise

Confucius (2005). “The Ethics of Confucius”, p.99, Cosimo, Inc.

If the people are governed by laws and punishment is used to maintain order, they will try to avoid the punishment but have no sense of shame. If they are governed by virtue and rules of propriety are used to maintain order, they will have a sense of shame and will become good as well.

Order, Law, Punishment

Look closely into his aims, observe the means by which he pursues them, discover what brings him content - and can the man's real worth remain hidden from you?

Real, Mean, Men

Confucius (1964). “The Analects of Confucius”

The gentleman prefers to be slow in word but diligent in action.

Gentleman, Action, Diligent

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 more basketful makes no difference; I stay where I am. Whereas even if he has not got beyond leveling the ground, but is still at work, the fact that he has only tilted one basketful of earth makes no difference. I go to help him.

Differences, Earth, Facts

What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is true wisdom.

Knowledge, Knows

"The Analects". Book by Confucius,

If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.

Wisdom, Art, People

A man may not transgress the bounds of major morals, but may make errors in minor morals.

Men, Errors, May

Chʻu Chai, Confucius, Mencius (1965). “Lun Yü”, New Hyde Park, N.Y. : University Books

The failure to cultivate virtue, the failure to examine and analyze what I have learned, the inability to move toward righteousness after being shown the way, the inability to correct my faults-these are the causes of my grief.

Grief, Moving, Growth

Confucius (1907). “The Sayings of Confucius”

Every man knows the smell of his own fart.

Men, Smell, Fart

He who is harmony with Nature hits the mark without effort and apprehends the truth without thinking.

Thinking, Effort, Harmony

If you devote your life to seeking revenge, first dig two graves.

Life, Revenge, Two

The way of Heaven and Earth may be completely declared in one sentence: They are without any doubleness, and so they produce things in a manner that is unfathomable.

Heaven, Earth, May

Confucius (2009). “The Confucian Analects, the Great Learning & the Doctrine of the Mean”, p.420, Cosimo, Inc.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

Wise, Philosophical, Practice

Confucius “The Analects”, W. W. Norton & Company

He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed.

Successful, Intelligent, Chinese

Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.253, Courier Corporation

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

Happiness, Sympathy, Philosophical

If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to exalt virtue?

Done, Way, Firsts

It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.

Love, Inspirational, Funny

James Legge, Confucius, Mencius, Shih ching (1867). “The Chinese Classics: The life and works of Mencius”, p.267

First and foremost, be faithful to your superiors, keep all promises, refuse the friendship of all who are not like you; and if you have made a mistake, do not be afraid of admitting the fact and amending your ways.

Friendship, Mistake, Faithful

Confucius (1998). “论语”

Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.

Sincerity, Faithfulness, Highest

To understand yourself is the key to wisdom.

Wisdom, Keys, Understanding

Fix your mind on truth, hold firm to virtue, rely on loving kindness, and find your recreation in the Arts.

Art, Kindness, Mind

He who sling mud, lose ground.

Mud, Loses

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