Top 53 Quotes About Love Confucius
#1. The love to Wisdom is getting closer to the own bright path.
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#2. 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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#3. 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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#4. The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous.
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#5. It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.
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#6. He who is really kind, can never be unhappy
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#7. Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune.
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#8. He who works for his own interests will arouse much animosity
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#9. The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.
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#10. It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.
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#11. Heaven begat Virtue in me; what can man do unto me?
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#12. I am not one who was born with great wisdom. I love the ancients and diligently seek wisdom among them.
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#13. Love is like a spice. It can sweeten your life - however, it can spoil it, too.
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#14. A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.
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#15. A good man regards the root; he fixes the root, and ail else flows out of it. The root is filial piety; the fruit brotherly love.
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#16. Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it.
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#17. There is a war out there, and believe me, Fly, it was never really between Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Crusaders and Confucius. The final battle is between those who love, respect, and liberate the body and those who hate it
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#18. Love should start from people close to us, then be extended to other people, to strangers, and eventually to the world
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#19. If you would govern a state of a thousand chariots, you must pay strict attention to business, be true to your word, be economical in expenditure and love the people.
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#20. Love makes a spot beautiful: who chooses not to dwell in love, has he got wisdom?
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#21. To love a thing means wanting it to live.
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#22. Tsze-kung wished to dispense with the sacrifice of a sheep for the New Moon ceremony. The Master said, "You love the sheep; I love the ceremony.
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#23. By the ruler's cultivation of his own character there is set up the example of the course which all should pursue.
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#24. When everyone hates a person, you should investigate thoroughly, and when everyone loves a person, you should also investigate thoroughly.
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#25. A disciple having asked for a definition of charity, the Master said LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
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#26. Wisdom delights in water; love delights in hills. Wisdom is stirring; love is quiet. Wisdom is merry; love grows old.
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#27. He who remembers from day to day what he has yet to learn, and from month to month what he has learned already, may be said to have a love of learning.
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#28. Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?
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#29. There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.
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#30. I saw some piglets suckling their dead mother. After a short while they shuddered and went away. They had sensed that she could no longer see them and that she wasn't like them any more. What they loved in their mother wasn't her body, but whatever it was that made her body live.
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#31. Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they are obtained in the right way they may not be possessed.
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#32. Learn, as if never overtaking your object, and yet as if apprehensive of losing it.
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#33. A ruthless man extends his ruthlessness from those he does not love to those he loves.
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#34. How can you love people without encouraging them? And how can you be loyal to people without educating them.
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#35. A heart set on love will do no wrong.
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#36. He who keeps danger in mind will rest safely in his seat.
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#37. It is only the very wisest and the very stupidest who cannot change.
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#38. People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.
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#39. To rank the effort above the prize may be called love.
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#40. Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.
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#41. The young should be dutiful at home, modest abroad, careful and true, overflowing in kindness for all, but in brotherhood with love. And if they have strength to spare they should spend it on the arts.
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#42. 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.
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#43. When superiors are fond of showing their humanity, inferiors try to outstrip one another in their practice of it.
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#44. Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors
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#45. Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not do to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.
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#46. The sun and moon shine on all without partiality.
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#47. I have not seen one who loves virtue as he loves beauty.
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#48. Don't be concerned about others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.
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#49. Even in killing men, observe the rules of propriety.
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#50. To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare remain incorrect?
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#51. Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.
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#52. To rule a country of a thousand chariots, there must be reverent attention to business, and sincerity; economy in expenditure, and love for men; and the employment of the people at the proper seasons.
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#53. 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
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