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The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks  (Confucius Quotes) Unify your attention. Do not listen with your ears, but with your mind. Do not listen with your mind but with your essence  (Confucius Quotes) Do not answer the person whose questions are vile. Do not question a person whose answers are vile  (Confucius Quotes) You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it  (Confucius Quotes) In speaking, it is best to be clear and say just enough to convey the meaning  (Confucius Quotes) When I am with others, they are my teachers. I can select their good points and follow them, and select their bad points and avoid them  (Confucius Quotes) Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they are obtained in the right way they may not be possessed  (Confucius Quotes) Don’t be concerned about others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others  (Confucius Quotes) As in the case of making a mound, if, before the very last basketful, I stop, then I shall have stopped. As in the case of leveling the ground, if, though tipping only one basketful, I am going forward, then I shall be making progress  (Confucius Quotes) Not feeling compassion for a stranger is like not feeling when one’s foot has caught fire  (Confucius Quotes) Women and people of low birth are very hard to deal with. If you are friendly to them, they get out of hand, and if you keep your distance, they resent it  (Confucius Quotes) Make faithfulness and truth thy masters: have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults  (Confucius Quotes) Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand  (Confucius Quotes) First there must be order and harmony within your own mind. Then this order will spread to your family, then to the community, and finally to your entire kingdom. Only then can you have peace and harmony  (Confucius Quotes) Love should start from people close to us, then be extended to other people, to strangers, and eventually to the world  (Confucius Quotes) A wise man seeks by music to strengthen his soul: the thoughtless one uses it to stifle his fears  (Confucius Quotes) 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  (Confucius Quotes) Wisdom delights in water; love delights in hills. Wisdom is stirring; love is quiet. Wisdom is merry; love grows old  (Confucius Quotes) Without that innate sense of human worth, a man cannot long endure adversity, nor can he long enjoy prosperity  (Confucius Quotes) The superior man has nothing to compete for. But if he must compete, he does it in an archery match, wherein he ascends to his position, bowing in deference. Descending, he drinks the ritual cup  (Confucius Quotes) The superior man is easy to serve, but difficult to please... The inferior man is difficult to serve, but easy to please  (Confucius Quotes) When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature then we the pedant  (Confucius Quotes) How transcendent is the virtue of the middle conduct! Rare for a long time has been its practice among the people  (Confucius Quotes) There are three degrees of filial piety. The highest is being a credit to our parents, the second is not disgracing them; the lowest is being able simply to support them  (Confucius Quotes) To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of what it means to be happy or content  (Confucius Quotes) He who is really good can never be unhappy. He who is really wise can never be perplexed. He who is really brave is never afraid  (Confucius Quotes) There are three marks of a superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; being wise, he is free from perplexity; being brave, he is free from fear  (Confucius Quotes) A good man will certainly also possess courage; but a brave man is not necessarily good  (Confucius Quotes) There is good government when those who are near are made happy, and when those who are afar are attracted  (Confucius Quotes) It is the obligation of the ruler to continually renew himself in order to renew the people by his example  (Confucius Quotes)
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