Like Socrates, Confucius did not put pen into paper, so to speak. All his teaching were passed through word of mouth to his students. Confucius is also known as Kongzi
THE VENERABLE CONFUCIUS
A picture is a poem without words.
– Confucius
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
– Confucius
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Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
~Confucius
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Forget injuries; never forget kindnesses.
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Filial piety is the foundation of all virtues, and the source of all teachings.
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He who knows a thing is worth less than he who loves a thing. He who loves a thing is worth less than he who rejoices in it.
– Confucius
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He is the truly courageous man who never desponds.
—Confucius.
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
Confucius
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If you want others to have confidence in you, you should speak little and carry out your words. Your actions will speak for themselves. After a period of time, the results become so evident that no one else could distort the truth from the eyes and ears of the public.
– Confucius
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It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
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It is better to play than do nothing.
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Let us strive to be fully human and there will no longer be a place for evil.
– Confucius
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Men’s natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.
~Confucius
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Moral force never dwells in solitude; it will always bring neighbours.
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My way is crossed by a single thread that connects everything.
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News travels faster than the mail.
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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
– Confucius
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One who possesses kindness possesses courage, but one who possesses courage is not necessarily kind.
– Confucius
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Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.
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Respect yourself and others will respect you.
Confucius
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“Silence is a true friend who never betrays.”
~Confucius
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Take your own aspirations as a guide assure for your neighbour the fate which you would wish for yourself obtain for his what you would wish to attain for yourself.
– Confucius
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The cautious seldom err.
– Confucius
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The way you cut your meat reflects the way you live.
~Confucius
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The strength of the nation derives from the integrity of the home.
– Confucius
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The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.
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To be able under all circumstances to practise five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.
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To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.
– Confucius
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The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
-Confucius
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Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.
– Confucius
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Wealth and popularity gained through unsavory means are but clouds floating in the sky.
– Confucius 