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Confucius Quotes - Page 8

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It is better not to proceed at all than to proceed without purpose.

It is better not to proceed at all than to proceed without purpose.

Purpose

Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous.

Time, Reflection, Waste

Be in harmony, yet be different.

Different, Harmony

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

Love, Inspirational, Funny

If you yourself desire establishment, then help others to get establishment; if you yourself want success, then help others to attain success.

Helping Others, Desire, Want

I'd rather die for speaking out, than to live and be silent.

Hero, Chinese, Silent

You turn the handle the way it goes, not the way it ought to go

Way, Turns, Handle

If one is guided by profit in one's actions, one will incur much ill will.

Ill Will, Action, Profit

Confucius (1992). “Confucius: The Analects”

Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.

Achievement, Desire, Done

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

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

Love, Inspirational, Funny

There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life -reciprocity.

Kindness, Practice, May

Confucius (1973). “A book of heaven and the earth: stories from the Confucian analects”, Columbia Univ Pr

What the wise seek is in themselves

Wise, Inspiration

If I give a student one-fourth of what he should know, I expect him to get the other three-fourths himself, otherwise I do not want him as a student.

Giving, Three, Want

You will never know how sharp a sword is unless it's drawn from its sheath

Know How, Knows

Seek Not Every Quality In One Individual.

Relationship, Funny Relationship, Quality

Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.507, Delphi Classics

Between friends, frequent reproofs make the friendship distant.

Lost Friendship, Lost Friend, Reproof

Confucius (2005). “The Ethics of Confucius”, p.128, Cosimo, Inc.

The sun and moon shine on all without partiality.

Love, Inspirational, Funny

Confucius (1967). “Li Chi: Book of Rites: An Encyclopedia of Ancient Ceremonial Usages, Religious Creeds, and Social Institutions”

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

Big head, target for enemy; big heart, target for friend.

Heart, Enemy, Target

If you did not do so for the sake of riches,You must have done so for the sake of novelty.

Done, Sake, Riches

Confucius (1986). “The Analects”, Hippocrene Books

When you are ignorant about something, to know that you are ignorant about it - that is knowledge.

Ignorant, Knows

The Master said, If out of the three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teachings, I would say 'Let there be no evil in your thoughts.'

Song, Teaching, Thinking

Confucius, Arthur Waley (1949). “The Analects of Confucius”, Routledge

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

Spiritual, Yoga, Men

"Out of the Blue: Delight Comes Into Our Lives". Book by Mark Victor Hansen, Barbara Nichols, and Patty Hansen, 1996.

The man who loves his job never works a day in his life.

Jobs, Men, He Man

A lion chased me up a tree, and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top.

Views, Tree, Lions

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