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Balance is the perfect state of still water. Let that be our model. It remains quiet within and is not disturbed on the surface.

Balance is the perfect state of still water. Let that be our model. It remains quiet within and is not disturbed on the surface.

Confucius
Perfect, Water, Balance

Coarse rice to eat, water to drink, my bended arm for a pillow - therein is happiness. Wealth and rank attained through immoral means are nothing but drifting clouds.

Confucius
Mean, Clouds, Water

Time flows away like the water in the river.

Confucius
Life, Rivers, Water

Wisdom delights in water; love delights in hills. Wisdom is stirring; love is quiet. Wisdom is merry; love grows old.

Confucius
Love, Water, Delight
Confucius (2014). “THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS”, p.46, Lulu.com

A man of wisdom delights in water.

Confucius
Men, Rivers, Water
Confucius, Chichung Huang (1997). “The Analects of Confucius”, p.84, Oxford University Press on Demand

Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive.

Confucius
Water, Mind, Offensive

With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of all these things.

Confucius
Inspirational, Water, Joy

He who needs only coarse food, water and drink, and as pillow his folded arms will find happiness without further search.

Confucius
Water, Needs, Finding Happiness

The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!” (Analects 6.11)

Confucius
Men, People, Water

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