Confucius, The Analects
"What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?"
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"What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?"
Confucius, The Analects
"A noble minded person is not an implement."
Confucius, The Analects
"If you expect great things of yourself and demand little of others, you’ll keep resentment far away."
Confucius, The Analects
"How can you love people without encouraging them? And how can you be loyal to people without educating them."
Confucius, The Analects
"To one who is not eager I do not reveal anything, nor do I explain anything to one who is not communicative. If I raise one corner for someone and he cannot come back with the other three, I do not go on."
Confucius, The Analects
"In worthy teaching, all things are related."
Confucius, The Analects
"If you want to make a stand, help others make a stand, and if you want to reach your goal, help others reach their goal. Consider yourself and treat others accordingly: this is the method of Humanity."
Confucius, The Analects
"The noble-minded worry about their lack of ability, not about people’s failure to recognize their ability."
Confucius, The Analects
"If a craftsman wants to do good work, he must first sharpen his tools."
Confucius, The Analects
"Don’t grieve when people fail to recognize your ability. Grieve for your lack of ability instead."
Confucius, The Analects
"If things far away don’t concern you, you’ll soon mourn things close at hand."
Confucius, The Analects
"Am I a man of great wisdom? Hardly! Even when a simple person brings me a question, my mind goes utterly blank, I just thrash it out until I’ve exhausted every possibility."
Confucius, The Analects
"I am not one who was born with great wisdom. I love the ancients and diligently seek wisdom among them."
Confucius, The Analects
"One who never anticipates deceit or expects duplicity, and yet is the first to recognize such things – is that not a sage indeed?"
Confucius, The Analects
"The wise never doubt. The Humane never worry. The brave never fear."
Confucius, The Analects
"If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success. When affairs cannot be carried on to success, proprieties and music do not flourish."
Confucius, The Analects
"When the wind blows,the grass bends."
Confucius, The Analects
"Never give a sword to a man who can't dance."
Confucius, The Analects
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