Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.
Subject:
Beauty
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When anger rises, think of the consequences.
Subject:
Anger
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Respect yourself and others will respect you.
Subject:
Wisdom
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Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
Subject:
Learning
Work: The Confucian Analects
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Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
Subject:
Change
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Have no friends not equal to yourself.
Subject:
Friendship
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To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.
Subject:
Wisdom
Work: The Confucian Analects
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Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.
Subject:
Faith
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When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
Subject:
Character
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The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.
Subject:
Wisdom
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Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.
Subject:
Education
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By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
Subject:
Wisdom
Work: The Confucian Analects
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With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of these things. Riches and honors acquired by unrighteousness are to me as a floating cloud.
Subject:
Character
Work: The Confucian Analects
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He who will not economize will have to agonize.
Subject:
Money
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What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.
Subject:
Wisdom
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Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
Subject:
Sincerity
Work: The Confucian Analects
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What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
Subject:
Character
Work: The Confucian Analects
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Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
Subject:
Sincerity
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If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere - although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has.
Subject:
Character
Work: The Confucian Analects
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The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters.
Work: The Confucian Analects
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