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- With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of these things. Riches and honors acquired by unrighteousness are to me as a floating cloud.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
- To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
- Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
- To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
- Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere - although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- Have no friends not equal to yourself.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
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