"Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?"
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"If a superior man abandon virtue, how can he fulfil the requirements of that name?"
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"The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him."
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"Even if I could, I would not exahnge their virtues for my own. And that is why they are intent on learning from me."
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"The master said, 'Quietly to store up knowledge in my mind, to learn without flagging, to teach without growing weary, these present me with no difficulties.'"
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"Not feeling compassion for a stranger is like not feeling when one's foot has caught fire"
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"There may be men who act without understanding why. I do not. To listen much, pick out the good and follow it; to see much and ponder it: this comes next to understanding."
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"The man of noble mind seeks to achieve the good in others and not their evil. The little-minded man is the reverse of this."
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"A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present? If he reach the age of forty or fifty, and has not made himself heard of, then indeed he will not be worth being regarded with respect."
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"Wouldst thou know if a people be well governed, or if its laws be good or bad, examine the music it practices."
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"One who will study for three years. Without thought of reward. Would be hard indeed to find."
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"There is a growing interest in Confucianism in China and other parts of the world. More and more followers of Confucianism are advocating a deeper study of his philosophies. Confucius' ideals stand true even today. His philosophy on how to be a Junzi or the perfect gentleman is based on the simple ideology of love and tolerance."
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"Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand."
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"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."
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"Whatever heaven ordains is best."
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"Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed."
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"A man may not transgress the bounds of major morals, but may make errors in minor morals."
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"A heart set on love will do no wrong."
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"The people may be put into the way they should go, though they may not be put into the way of understanding it."
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"A gentleman wishes to be slow to speak and quick to act."
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