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Virtue Is Not Left To Stand Alone. He Who Practices It Will Have Neighbors.

The Superior Man Sets His Person At Rest Before He Moves; He Composes His Mind Before He Speaks.

You Can Cheat An Honest Man But Not Make A Fool Out Of Him.

I Live In A Very Small House, But My Windows Look Out On A Very Large World.

How Great Is The Path Proper To The Sage! Like Overflowing Water, It Sends Forth And Nourishes All Things, And Rises Up To The Height Of Heaven. All-complete Is Its Greatness! It Embraces The Three Hundred Rules Of Ceremony, And The Three Thousand Rules Of Demeanor. It Waits For The Proper Man, And Then It Is Trodden. Hence It Is Said, 'only By Perfect Virtue Can The Perfect Path, In All Its Courses, Be Made A Fact.'

If I Were Travelling With Two Partners, One Virtuous And One Dishonest, Both Would Be Useful As Teachers. I Would Perceive What's Good Of The First One And I Would Imitate Him Whereas I Would Try To Correct In Me The Defects I May See In The Second One.

Those Who Understands Is Not Better Than Those Who Appreciates, Those Who Appreciates Is Not Better Than Those Who Enjoys.

In A Hamlet Of Ten Households, There Are Bound To Be Those Who Are My Equal In Doing Their Best For Others And In Being Trustworthy In What They Say, But They Are Unlikely To Be As Eager To Learn As I Am.

The Way You Cut Your Meat Reflects The Way You Live.

Knowledge Without Practice Is Useless. Practice Without Knowledge Is Dangerous.

Music Is The One Thing In Which There Is No Use Trying To Deceive Others Or Make False Pretenses.

Heaven Gives Long Life To The Just And The Intelligent.

The Superior Person Gathers His Weapons Together In Order To Provide Against The Unforeseen.

An Inch Of Time On The Sundial Is Worth More Than A Foot Of Jade.

It Doesn't Make A Difference How Gradually You Go So Long As You Don't Stop.

Making A Difference

The Parents Age Must Be Remembered, Both For Joy And Anxiety.

Without Goodness A Man Cannot Endure Adversity For Long, Nor Can He Enjoy Prosperity For Long. The Good Man Is Naturally At Ease With Goodness. The Wise Man Cultivates Goodness For Its Advantage.

The Silent Treasuring Up Of Knowledge; Learning Without Satiety; And Instructing Others Without Being Wearied: Which One Of These Things Belongs To Me?

Knowledge Learning

At Seventy, I Could Follow The Dictates Of My Own Heart; For What I Desired No Longer Overstepped The Boundaries Of Right.

The Superior Man... Does Not Set His Mind Either For Or Against Anything, He Will Pursue Whatever Is Right. The Superior Man Thinks Of Virtue, The Common Man Of Comfort.

Good People Strengthen Themselves Ceaselessly

The Demands That A Great Man Makes Are On Himself; Those Of A Petty Man Are Upon Others.

When We See Persons Of Worth, We Should Think Of Equaling Them; When We See Persons Of A Contrary Character, We Should Turn Inwards And Examine Ourselves.

Learn, As If Never Overtaking Your Object, And Yet As If Apprehensive Of Losing It.

If You Would One Day Renovate Yourself, Do So From Day To Day.

Exemplary Persons Are Steadfast In The Face Of Adversity, While Petty Persons Are Engulfed By It.

Things Have Their Roots And Branches. Affairs Have Their Beginnings And Their Ends. To Know What Is First And What Is Last Will Lead One Near The Way.

Baseball Is Wrong, Man With Four Balls Cannot Walk

Tzu Chang Asked Confucius About Jen. Confucius Said, "if You Can Practice These Five Things With All The People, You Can Be Called Jen." Tzu Chang Asked What They Were. Confucius Said, "courtesy, Generosity, Honesty, Persistence, And Kindness. If You Are Courteous, You Will Not Be Disrespected; If You Are Generous, You Will Gain Everything. If You Are Honest, People Will Rely On You. If You Are Persistent You Will Get Results. If You Are Kind, You Can Employ People.

I Will Not Be Concerned At Other Men's Not Knowing Me;i Will Be Concerned At My Own Want Of Ability.

Sincerity Becomes Apparent. From Being Apparent, It Becomes Manifest. From Being Manifest, It Becomes Brilliant. Brilliant, It Affects Others. Affecting Others, They Are Changed By It. Changed By It, They Are Transformed. It Is Only He Who Is Possessed Of The Most Complete Sincerity That Can Exist Under Heaven, Who Can Transform.

To Think Twice Is Quite Enough.

The Strongest Memory Is Not As Strong As The Weakest Ink.

Let Mourning Stop When One's Grief Is Fully Expressed.

It Was By Music That The Ancient Kings Gave Elegant Expression To Their Joy. By Their Armies And Axes They Gave The Same To Their Anger.

He Who Fails To Prepare, Prepares To Fail

He Who Wished To Secure The Good Of Others, Has Already Secured His Own.

Those Who Break Down The Dikes Will Themselves Be Drowned In The Inundation.

Study The Past, If You Would Divine The Future.

Not To Alter One's Faults Is To Be Faulty Indeed.

By The Ruler's Cultivation Of His Own Character There Is Set Up The Example Of The Course Which All Should Pursue.

Even If I Could, I Would Not Exahnge Their Virtues For My Own. And That Is Why They Are Intent On Learning From Me.

To Know What Is The Right Thing To Do And Not Do It Is The Greatest Cowardice.

To Prefer It Is Better Than To Only Know It. To Delight In It Is Better Than Merely To Prefer It.

You Cannot Open A Book Without Learning Something.

A Youth Is To Be Regarded With Respect. How Do We Know That His Future Will Not Be Equal To Our Present?

One Who Is By Nature Daring And Is Suffering From Poverty Will Not Long Be Law-abiding. Indeed, Any Men, Save Those That Are Truly Good, If Their Sufferings Are Very Great, Will Be Likely To Rebel.

The Love To Wisdom Is Getting Closer To The Own Bright Path.

We Should Feel Sorrow, But Not Sink Under Its Oppression.

A Workman Who Wants To Do His Work Well Must First Prepare His Tools.

If I Understand Change, I Shall Make No Great Mistake In Life

The End Of The Day Is Near When Small Men Make Long Shadows.

The End Of The Day

Don't Curse The Darkness, Light A Candle.

Look At The Means Which A Man Employs, Consider His Motives, Observe His Pleasures. A Man Simply Cannot Conceal Himself!

Don’t Complain About The Snow On Your Neighbor’s Roof When Your Own Doorstep Is Unclean.

The Administration Of Government Lies In Getting Proper Men. Such Men Are To Be Got By Means Of The Ruler's Own Character. That Character Is To Be Cultivated By His Treading In The Ways Of Duty. And The Treading Those Ways Of Duty Is To Be Cultivated By The Cherishing Of Benevolence.

It Is Better To Light One Small Candle Of Gratitude Than To Curse The Darkness.

He Who Needs Only Coarse Food, Water And Drink, And As Pillow His Folded Arms Will Find Happiness Without Further Search.

Finding Happiness

A Hammer Shatters Glass But It Also Forges Steel.

Between Friends, Frequent Reproofs Make The Friendship Distant.

Lost Friendship

Rate The Task Above The Prize; Will Not The Mind Be Raised? Fight Thine Own Faults, Not The Faults Of Others; Will Not Evil Be Mended?

When You Have Faults, Do Not Fear To Abandon Them.

You Judge Yourself By What You Think You Can Achieve, Others Judge You By What Have Achieved.

Therefore The Superior Man Is Watchful Over Himself, When He Is Alone.

Listen Widely To Remove Your Doubts And Be Careful When Speaking About The Rest And Your Mistakes Will Be Few. See Much And Get Rid Of What Is Dangerous And Be Careful In Acting On The Rest And Your Causes For Regret Will Be Few. Speaking Without Fault, Acting Without Causing Regret: 'upgrading' Consists In This.

If You Want To Change The World, First Change Your Heart.

In A State, Pecuniary Gain Is Not To Be Considered To Be Prosperity, But Its Prosperity Will Be Found In Righteousness.

If What One Has To Say Is Not Better Than Silence, Then One Should Keep Silent.

It Is The Law Of Nature That Woman Should Be Held Under The Dominance Of Man.

Never Do To Others What You Would Not Like Them To Do To You.

He Who Learns But Does Not Think, Is Lost! He Who Thinks But Does Not Learn Is In Great Danger... Men Of Superior Mind Busy Themselves First Getting At The Root Of Things; When They Succeed, The Right Course Is Open To Them.

The Superior Man Undergoes Three Changes. Looked At From A Distance, He Appears Stern; When Approached, He Is Mild; When He Is Heard To Speak, His Language Is Firm And Decided.

Learning, Undigested By Thought, Is Labor Lost.

The Superior Man Is Slow In His Words And Earnest In His Conduct.

Big Head, Target For Enemy; Big Heart, Target For Friend.

A Man Without A Mustache Is A Man Without A Soul.

Give A Bowl Of Rice To A Man And You Will Feed Him For A Day. Teach Him How To Grow His Own Rice And You Will Save His Life.

I Could See Peace Instead Of This.

There Are Three Degrees Of Filial Piety. The Highest Is Being A Credit To Our Parents, The Second Is Not Disgracing Them; The Lowest Is Being Able Simply To Support Them.

Learn As Though You Would Never Be Able To Master It; Hold It As Though You Would Be In Fear Of Losing It.

Ceremonies Are The First Thing To Be Attended To In The Practice Of Government.

With A Heavy Load And A Long Journey

If Your Plan Is For One Year Plant Rice. If Your Plan Is For Ten Years Plant Trees. If Your Plan Is For One Hundred Years Educate Children.

Have No Friends Not Equal To Yourself.

A Man Exercising No Forethought Will Soon Experience Present Sorrow.

Humankind Differs From The Animals Only By A Little And Most People Throw That Away.

He Who Is Really Good Can Never Be Unhappy. He Who Is Really Wise Can Never Be Perplexed. He Who Is Really Brave Is Never Afraid.

No Lake So Still But It Has Its Wave. No Circle So Perfect But That It Has Its Blur. I Would Change Things For You If I Could; As I Can't You Must Take Them As They Are.

Virtue Is More To Man Than Either Water Or Fire. I Have Seen Men Die From Treading On Water And Fire, But I Have Never Seen A Man Die From Treading The Course Of Virtue.

First There Must Be Order And Harmony Within Your Own Mind.

You Can Successfully Force People To Follow A Certain Course, But You Cannot Force Them To Understand It.

The Path Is Not Far From Man. When Men Try To Pursue A Course, Which Is Far From The Common Indications Of Consciousness, This Course Cannot Be Considered The Path.

Wherever You Go, Go With All Your Heart.

Watch Their Actions, Observe Their Motives, Examine Wherein They Dwell Content; Won't You Know What Kind Of Person They Are?

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.

The Injury Of Prodigality Leads To This, That He Who Will Not Economize Will Have To Agonize.

To Be Wronged Is Nothing Unless You Continue To Remember It.

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.

Ignorance Is The Night Of The Mind, But A Night Without Moon Or Star.

From The Loving Example Of One Family A Whole State May Become Loving, And From Its Courtesies, Courteous; While From The Ambition And Perverseness Of The One Man The Whole State May Be Thrown Into Rebellious Disorder. Such Is The Nature Of Influence.

Knowing What's Correct And Not Doing It, It's The Worst Cowardice.

Think No Vice So Small That You May Commit It, And No Virtue So Small That You May Over Look It.

If You Would Govern A State Of A Thousand Chariots (a Small-to-middle-size State), You Must Pay Strict Attention To Business, Be True To Your Word, Be Economical In Expenditure And Love The People.

Of Course You Want To Be Rich And Famous. It's Natural. Wealth And Fame Are What Every Man Desires. The Question Is: What Are You Willing To Trade For It?

The Superior Man Has A Dignified Ease Without Pride. The Mean Man Has Pride Without A Dignified Ease.

A Gentleman Can Withstand Hardships; It Is Only The Small Man Who, When Submitted To Them, Is Swept Off His Feet.

Therefore Only Through Education Does One Come To Be Dissatisfied With His Own Knowledge, And Only Through Teaching Others Does One Come To Realize The Uncomfortable Inadequacy Of His Knowledge. Being Dissatisfied With His Own Knowledge, One Then Realizes That The Trouble Lies With Himself, And Realizing The Uncomfortable Inadequacy Of His Knowledger.

I Hear And I Forget. I See And I Remember. I Do And I Understand.

Know What You Know And Know That You Don't Know What You Don't Know — That Is The Characteristic Of One Who Knows.

Every Man Knows The Smell Of His Own Fart.

Do Not Let A Leader Lead You On A Bad Path.

The Superior Man Will Watch Over Himself When He Is Alone. He Examines His Heart That There May Be Nothing Wrong There, And That He May Have No Cause Of Dissatisfaction With Himself.

The Superior Man, While His Parents Are Alive, Reverently Nourishes Them; And, When They Are Dead, Reverently Sacrifices To Them. His Thought To The End Of His Life Is How Not To Disgrace Them.

The Gentleman Prefers To Be Slow In Word But Diligent In Action.

In His Dealings With The World, The Gentleman Is Not Invariably For Or Against Anything. He Is On The Side Of What Is Moral.

A Common Man Marvels At Uncommon Things. A Wise Man Marvels At The Commonplace.

The Good Man Does Not Grieve That Other People Do Not Recognize His Merits. His Only Anxiety Is Lest He Should Fail To Recognize Theirs.

To Study And Not Think Is A Waste. To Think And Not Study Is Dangerous.

If You Make A Mistake And Do Not Correct It, This Is Called A Mistake.

A Superior Man Is Modest In His Speech, But Exceeds In His Actions.

A Youth Is To Be Regarded With Respect. How Do We Know That His Future Will Not Be Equal To Our Present? If He Reach The Age Of Forty Or Fifty, And Has Not Made Himself Heard Of, Then Indeed He Will Not Be Worth Being Regarded With Respect.

It Is Not Possible For One To Teach Others Who Cannot Teach His Own Family.

An Oppressive Government Is More To Be Feared Than A Tiger.

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.

Yin And Yang, Male And Female, Strong And Weak, Rigid And Tender, Heaven And Earth, Light And Darkness, Thunder And Lightning, Cold And Warmth, Good And Evil...the Interplay Of Opposite Principles Constitutes The Universe.

Go Before The People With Your Example, And Be Laborious In Their Affairs.

He Who Works For His Own Interests Will Arouse Much Animosity

A Man Should Practice What He Preaches, But A Man Should Also Preach What He Practices.

The Master Said, A Gentleman, In His Plans, Thinks Of The Way; He Does Not Think How He Is Going To Make A Living. Even Farming Sometimes Entails 5 Times Of Shortage; And Even Learning May Incidentally Lead To High Pay. But A Gentleman's Anxieties Concern The Progress Of The Way; He Has No Anxiety Concerning Poverty.

Those Who Cannot Forgive Others Break The Bridge Over Which They Themselves Must Pass.

Even If People Do Not Know What Real Kindness Is, They Nonetheless Have It Within Them.

We Can Know A Person By Observing His Behaviour, Understanding The Reasons For His Actions And Ascertaining His Intentions. If We Do This, How Can We Not Know Him?

Hold Faithfulness And Sincerity As First Principles.

They Must Often Change, Who Would Be Constant In Happiness Or Wisdom.

While You Are Not Able To Serve Men, How Can You Serve Spirits Of The Dead...while You Do Not Know Life, How Can You Know About Death

Rather Than Caring About Whether Or Not You Are Known, Strive To Be Worth Knowing.

Love Others As You Would Love Yourself, Judge Others As You Would Judge Yourself, Cherish Others As You Would Cherish Yourself. When You Wish For Others As You Wish For Yourself And When You Protect Others As You Would Protect Yourself, That's When You Can Say It's True Love.

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)

A True Gentleman Makes Demands Upon Himself But Not Upon Others.

If One Should Desire To Know Whether A Kingdom Is Well Governed, If Its Morals Are Good Or Bad, The Quality Of Its Music Will Furnish The Answer.

A Man Without Persistence Will Never Make A Good Shaman Or A Good Physician.

To Acknowledge Our Faults When We Are Blamed, Is Modesty; To Discover Them To One's Friends In Ingenuousness, Is Confidence; But To Preach Them To All The World, If One Does Not Take Care, Is Pride.

To Know It Is Not As Good As To Love It, And To Love It Is Not As Good As To Take Delight In It.

The Man Who Asks A Question Is A Fool For A Minute, The Man Who Does Not Ask Is A Fool For Life.

The Man Of Wisdom Is Never Of Two Minds; The Man Of Benevolence Never Worries; The Man Of Courage Is Never Afraid.

The Superior Man Is Distressed By His Want (lack) Of Ability

The Ideal Teacher Guides His Students But Does Not Pull Them Along; He Urges Them To Go Forward And Does Not Suppress Them; He Opens The Way But Does Not Take Them To The Place.

Not Knowing Life, How Can We Know Death? Why Talk Of Spirits When You Do Not Understand Men?

If Your Desire Is For Good, The People Will Be Good.

A Man Is Great Not Because He Hasn't Failed; A Man Is Great Because Failure Hasn't Stopped Him.

The Superior Man Honors His Virtuous Nature, And Maintains Constant Inquiry And Study, Seeking To Carry It Out To Its Breadth And Greatness, So As To Omit None Of The More Exquisite And Minute Points Which It Embraces, And To Raise It To Its Greatest Height And Brilliancy.

He Who Take Cookie To Bed Have Crummy Night Ahead.

From A Grain Of Sand In The Pearl Comes.

Without Goodness One Cannot Enjoy Enduring Happiness

Man Who Stand On Hill With Mouth Open Will Wait Long Time For Roast Duck To Drop In.

By Three Methods We May Learn Wisdom: First, By Reflection, Which Is Noblest; Second, By Imitation, Which Is Easiest; And Third By Experience, Which Is The Bitterest.

When Anger Rises, Think Of The Consequences.

Do Not Unto Another That You Would Hot Have Him Do Unto You. Thou Needest This Law Alone. It Is The Foundation Of All The Rest.

He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him; He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him

If An Urn Lacks The Characteristics Of An Urn, How Can We Call It An Urn?

Characteristics

Virtuous People Often Revenge Themselves For The Constraints To Which They Submit By The Boredom Which They Inspire.

We Should Feel Sorrow, But Not Sink Under Its Oppression; The Heart Of A Wise Man Should Resemble A Mirror, Which Reflects Every Object Without Being Sullied By Any

The Man Who Loves His Job Never Works A Day In His Life.

How Should I Know Anything About Another World When I Know So Little Of This?

When A Man Comes To Me, I Accept Him At His Best, Not At His Worst. Why Make So Much Ado? When A Man Washes His Hands Before Paying A Visit, And You Receive Him In That Clean State, You Do Not Thereby Stand Surety For His Always Having Been Clean In The Past.

The Gods Should Certainly Be Revered, But Kept At A Distance... . The Way Is Not Beyond Man; He Who Creates A Way Outside Of Man Cannot Make It A True Way. A Good Man Is Content With Changing Man, And That Is Enough For Him.

Be Strict With Yourself But Least Reproachful Of Others And Complaint Is Kept Afar.

Tea Tempers The Spirits And Harmonizes The Mind, Dispels Lassitude And Relieves Fatigue, Awakens Thought And Prevents Drowsiness, Lightens Or Refreshes The Body, And Clears The Perceptive Faculties.

Without Feelings Of Respect, What Is There To Distinguish Men From Beasts?

The Wise Find Pleasure In Water; The Virtuous Find Pleasure In Hills. The Wise Are Active; The Virtuous Are Tranquil. The Wise Are Joyful; The Virtuous Are Long-lived.

The Rich Fool Is Like A Pig That Is Choked By Its Own Fat.

Base Yourself In Loyalty And Trust. Don't Be Companion With Those Who Are Not Your Moral Equal. When You Make A Mistake, Don't Hesitate To Correct It.

Do Not Impose On Others What You Yourself Do Not Desire.

There Are Three Marks Of A Superior Man: Being Virtuous, He Is Free From Anxiety; Being Wise, He Is Free From Perplexity; Being Brave, He Is Free From Fear.

An Orchid In A Deep Forest Sends Out Its Fragrance Even If No One Is Around To Appreciate It.

To Be Excellent When Engaged In Administration Is To Be Like The North Star. As It Remains In Its One Position, All The Other Stars Surround It.

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.

When Superiors Are Fond Of Showing Their Humanity, Inferiors Try To Outstrip One Another In Their Practice Of It.

A Superior Man Is One Who Is Free From Fear And Anxieties

When Three Persons Work Together, Each Can Be The Teacher In Some Aspects

Working Together

When You Are Laboring For Others, Let It Be With The Same Zeal As If It Were For Yourself.

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.

Benevolence Is The Characteristic Element Of Humanity.

Characteristics

A Gentleman Can See A Question From All Sides Without Bias. The Small Man Is Biased And Can See A Question Only From One Side.

A Happy Union With Wife And Child Is Like The Music Of Lutes And Harps.

One Joy Dispels A Hundred Cares.

Love Of Goodness Without Love Of Learning Degenerates Into Simple-mindedness. Love Of Knowledge Without Love Of Learning Degenerates Into Utter Lack Of Principle. Love Of Faithfulness Without Love Of Learning Degenerates Into Injurious Disregard Of Consequences. Love Of Uprightness Without Love Of Learning Degenerates Into Harshness. Love Of Courage Without Love Of Learning Degenerates Into Insubordination. Love Of Strong Character Without Love Of Learning Degenerates Into Mere Recklessness.

Woman Is The Masterpiece.

The Noble-minded Are Calm And Steady. Little People Are Forever Fussing And Fretting.

Not To Converse With A Man Worthy Of Conversation Is To Waste The Man. To Converse With A Man Not Worthy Of Conversation Is To Waste Words. The Wise Waste Neither Men Nor Words.

A Picture Is Poem Without Words.

The Gentleman Calls Attention To The Good Points In Others; He Does Not Call Attention To Their Defects. The Small Man Does Just The Reverse Of This.

If A Man Is Not Good, What Has He To Do With The Rules Of Propriety? If He Is Not Good, What Has He To Do With Music?

The Superior Man Is Intelligently, Not Blindly, Faithful.

The Superior Man Is Aware Of Righteousness, The Inferior Man Is Aware Of Advantage.

The Way Is Not For, But From, Man; If We Take The Way As Something Superhuman, Beyond Man, This Is Not The Real Way.

Balance Is The Perfect State Of Still Water. Let That Be Our Model. It Remains Quiet Within And Is Not Disturbed On The Surface.

Be In Harmony, Yet Be Different.

Ability Will Never Catch Up With The Demand For It.

Make Fair Agreements And Stick To Them

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