Top 32 5 Confucius Sayings
#1. Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
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#2. What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.
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#3. The superior person is in harmony, but does not follow the crowd. The lesser person follows the crowd, but is not in harmony.
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#4. A superior man may be made to go to the well, but he cannot be made to go down into it. He may be imposed upon, but he cannot be fooled.
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#5. Is it not indeed a pleasure to acquire knowledge and constantly to exercise oneself therein?
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#6. Remember even when alone, that the divine is everywhere.
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#7. I used to take on trust a man's deeds after having listened to his words. Now having listened to a man's words I go on to observe his deeds.
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#8. Justice is like the north star, which is fixed, and all the rest revolve about it.
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#10. I do not suspect that Jefferson or Madison ever envisioned Congress honoring the 2,560th anniversary of the birth of Confucius or supporting the designation of National Pi Day.
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#11. Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.
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#12. Adept Lu spent a night at Stone Date, and the gatekeeper asked: Where are you from? From the House of Confucius, replied Lu. Isn't he the one who knows it's hopeless, but keeps trying anyway?
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#13. The love to Wisdom is getting closer to the own bright path.
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#14. Confucius taught this when he said, "The superior man seeks what is right; the inferior man, what is profitable.
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#15. Learning, undigested by thought, is labor lost.
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#16. Among his own country folk Confucius wore a homely look, like one that has no word to say.
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#17. Exemplary people concern themselves with virtue,
small people concern themselves with territory. The ruling class
thinks of punishment, the lower classes hope for benevolence.
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#18. A man who reviews the old so as to find out the new is qualified to teach others.
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#19. Does Heaven ever speak? The four seasons come and go, and all creatures thrive and grow. Does Heaven ever speak!
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#20. When a man feels the difficulty of doing, can he be other than cautious and slow in speaking?
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#21. Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.
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#22. If the search for riches were sure to be successful, though I should become a groom with a whip in my hand to get them, I will do so. As the search may not be successful, I will follow after that which I love.
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#23. He who searches for evil, must first look at his own reflection.
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#24. They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.
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#25. The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous.
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#26. Don't look for a black cat in a dark room, especially if it is not there ...
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#27. Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?
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#28. When three persons work together, each can be the teacher in some aspects
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#29. If you reflect within yourself and find nothing to be ashamed of, how could you have anxiety or fear.
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#30. We should worship as though the deity were present.
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#31. 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.
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#32. The Master said of Gong Yechang, "He is marriageable. Although he was once imprisoned and branded as a criminal, he was in fact innocent of any crime." The Master gave him his daughter in marriage.
(Analects 5.1)
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