Confucius
Confucius (Kong Fu Zi or K'ung-fu-tzu), literally "Master Kong". Chinese social philosopher, whose teachings deeply influenced East Asian life and thought.
Found 80 thoughts of Confucius
Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.
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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.
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The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.
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The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it.
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Silence is a true friend who never betrays.
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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.
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Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.
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By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
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You cannot open a book without learning something.
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To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
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To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.
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When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
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Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.
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Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
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I hear and I forget. I see and I believe. I do and I understand.
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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.
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The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
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Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.
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To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.
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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.
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What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others.
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The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life; and who does not forget an old agreement however far back it extends - such a man may be reckoned a complete man.
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What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
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Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.
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Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.
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