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Confucius Quotes - Page 29

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Justice for All in the World

Justice for All in the World

Justice For All, Justice, Chinese

We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves

Funny, Happiness, Pain

When a man feels the difficulty of doing, can he be other than cautious and slow in speaking?

Men, Difficulty, Feels

Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.252, Courier Corporation

Everyone calls his son his son, whether he has talents or has not talents.

Son, Talent

Confucius (1932). “The Wisdom of Confucius: A Collection of the Ethical Sayings of Confucius and of His Disciples”

In teaching there should be no distinction of classes.

Teaching, Class, Should

Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.305, Courier Corporation

The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.

Integrity, Sacrifice, Men

Confucius (2012). “The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, BookCaps Study Guides

If names are not correct, then language is not in accord with the truth of things. If language is not in accord with the truth of things, then affairs cannot be carried out successfully.

Names, Language, Affair

Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.

Character, Men, Self

Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.418, Courier Corporation

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.

Art, Truth, Anger

To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one doesn't know what one doesn't know, there lies true wisdom.

Love, Inspirational, Funny

I transmit but do not create. I place my trust in the teachings of antiquity.

Teaching, Oneness, Antiquity

There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.

Love, Inspirational, Funny

Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.322, Courier Corporation

Be faithful and true of word; let thy walk be plain and lowly: thou wilt get on, though in savage land. If thy words be not faithful and true, thy walk plain and lowly, wilt thou get on, though in thine own home? Standing, see these words ranged before thee; driving, see them written upon the yoke. Then thou wilt get on.

Integrity, Home, Land

Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

I daily examine myself on three points: In planning for others, have I failed in conscientiousness? In intercourse with friends, have I been insincere? And have I failed to practice what I have been taught?

Practice, Three, Taught

Confucius (2012). “The Analects”, p.16, Courier Corporation

Charity is that rational and constant affection which makes us sacrifice ourselves to the human race, as if we were united with it, so as to form one individual, partaking equally in its adversity and prosperity.

Adversity, Sacrifice, Race

"Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 46, 1895.

Every thoughtful pin on pinterest has beauty. But not everyone can see.

Thoughtful, Pinterest, Social Media

Wealth and rank are what men desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed. Poverty and obscurity are what men detest; but unless prosperity be brought about in the right way, they are not to be abandoned.

Love, Inspirational, Funny

"The Analects".

A gentleman wishes to be slow to speak and quick to act.

Gentleman, Wish, Speak

Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

Is any one able for one day to apply his strength to virtue? I have not seen the case in which his strength would be sufficient.

One Day, Would Be, Able

"The Analects". Book by Confucius (Book Four, Section 4.6),

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.

Wise, Spiritual, Knowledge

Confucius (2012). “The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide”, BookCaps Study Guides

In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the target, he turns round and seeks for the cause of his failure in himself.

Archer, Character, Men

Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.28, Delphi Classics

Be strict with yourself but least reproachful of others and complaint is kept afar.

Afar, Complaints, Strict

Confucius (1996). “Le Lun Yü en français”

Care not for want of place; care for thy readiness to fill one. Care not for being unknown, but seek to be worthy of note.

Care, Want, Notes

Confucius (2014). “THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS”, p.32, Lulu.com

The inner nature of man is the province of Music.

Love, Inspirational, Funny

Every piece of marble has a statue in it waiting to be released by a person of sufficient skill to chip away the unnecessary parts. Just as the sculptor is to the marble, so is education to the soul. It releases it. For only educated people are free people. You cannot create a statue by smashing the marble with a hammer, and you cannot by the force of arms release the spirit or the soul of people.

Teacher, Skills, People

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