It is better to light one small candle of gratitude than to curse the darkness.
Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.
The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.
A superior man is one who is free from fear and anxieties
Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.
Wisdom is rooted in watching with affection the way people grow.
When people are educated, the distinction between classes disappears.
The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.
If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.
One joy dispels a hundred cares.
Be loyal and trustworthy. Do not befriend anyone who is lower than yourself in this regard.
When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.
Don't worry that other people don't know you; worry that you don't know other people.
Do not worry about not holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role. Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.
Don't worry if people don't recognize your merits; worry that you may not recognize theirs.
Study the past, if you would divine the future.
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it.
Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive.
There are three things against which the wise man guards: lust when young, quarrels when strong, and covetousness when old.
The small man thinks that small acts of goodness are of no benefit, and does not do them; and that small deeds of evil do no harm, and does not refrain from them. Hence, his wickedness becomes so great that it cannot be concealed, and his guilt so great that it cannot be pardoned.
The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.
Tzu Chang asked Confucius about jen. Confucius said, "If you can practice these five things with all the people, you can be called jen." Tzu Chang asked what they were. Confucius said, "Courtesy, generosity, honesty, persistence, and kindness. If you are courteous, you will not be disrespected; if you are generous, you will gain everything. If you are honest, people will rely on you. If you are persistent you will get results. If you are kind, you can employ people.
If you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?
To take what you know for what you know, and what you do not know for what you do not know, that is knowledge indeed.
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