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.
Source: The Confucian Analects
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The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
Subject:
Success
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The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
Subject:
Education
Source: The Confucian Analects
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To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue...[They are] gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
Subject:
Character
Source: The Confucian Analects
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The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life; and who does not forget an old agreement however far back it extends - such a man may be reckoned a complete man.
Subject:
Character
Source: The Confucian Analects
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There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth...lust. When he is strong...quarrelsomeness. When he is old...covetousness.
Subject:
Wisdom
Source: The Confucian Analects
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The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it.
Subject:
Wisdom
Source: The Confucian Analects
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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.
Subject:
Character
Source: The Confucian Analects
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What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others.
Subject:
Wisdom
Source: The Confucian Analects
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The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.
Subject:
Wisdom
Source: The Confucian Analects
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They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
Subject:
Wisdom
Source: Analects
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Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Subject:
Mistakes
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Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.
Subject:
Character
Source: The Confucian Analects
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Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.
Subject:
Wisdom
Source: The Confucian Analects
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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.
Subject:
Character
Source: The Confucian Analects
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
Subject:
Miscellaneous
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To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle.
Subject:
Character
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When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
Subject:
Character
Source: The Confucian Analects
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Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.
Subject:
Character
Source: The Confucian Analects
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The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Subject:
Humility
Source: The Confucian Analects
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