I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it.
Subject:
Character
Work: The Confucian Analects
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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
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He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
Subject:
Humility
Work: The Confucian Analects
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Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
Subject:
Kindness
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Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
Subject:
Character
Work: The Confucian Analects
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He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed.
Subject:
Intelligence
Work: The Confucian Analects
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Study the past if you would define the future.
Subject:
Future
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The superior man...does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything; what is right he will follow.
Subject:
Character
Work: The Confucian Analects
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The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
Subject:
Humility
Work: The Confucian Analects
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He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
Subject:
Government
Work: The Confucian Analects
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The cautious seldom err.
Subject:
Miscellaneous
Work: The Confucian Analects
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I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.
Subject:
Knowledge
Work: The Confucian Analects
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It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
Subject:
Miscellaneous
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Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.
Subject:
Kindness
Work: The Confucian Analects
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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
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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?
Subject:
Miscellaneous
Work: The Confucian Analects, bk. 11
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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.
Subject:
Knowledge
Work: The Confucian Analects
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Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.
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To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
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[The superior man] acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions.
Subject:
Miscellaneous
Work: The Confucian Analects
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