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"The Master said, "To study, and then in a timely fashion to practice what you have learned - is this not satisfying? To have companions arrive from afar - is this not a joy? To remain unrecognized by others and yet remain free of resentment - is this not the mark of the gentleman?""
"He who needs only coarse food, water and drink, and as pillow his folded arms will find happiness without further search."
"By the ruler's cultivation of his own character there is set up the example of the course which all should pursue."
"The Master said, I set my heart on the Way, base myself on virtue, lean upon benevolence for support and take my recreation in the arts."
"Love makes a spot beautiful: who chooses not to dwell in love, has he got wisdom?"
"Wisdom is worried for being slow in its speech and expeditious in its actions."
"Who expects to be able to go out of a house except by the door? How is it then that no one follows this Way of ours?"
"those who understands is not better than those who appreciates, those who appreciates is not better than those who enjoys."
"The superior man limits his achievements."
"Not knowing life, how can we know death? Why talk of spirits when you do not understand men?"
"How transcendent is the virtue of the middle conduct! Rare for a long time has been its practice among the people."
"Between friends, frequent reproofs make the friendship distant."
"Among us, in our part of the country, those who are upright are different from this. The father conceals the misconduct of the son, and the son conceals the misconduct of the father. Uprightness is to be found in this."
"Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not unto others that you would not have them do unto you."
"While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits of the dead...While you do not know life, how can you know about death"
"The good man does not grieve that other people do not recognize his merits. His only anxiety is lest he should fail to recognize theirs."
"Reviewing the day's lessons. Isn't it joyful? Friends come from far. Isn't it delightful? One has never been angry at other's misunderstanding. Isn't he a respectable man?"
"The strongest memory is not as strong as the weakest ink."
"If you know, say you know. If you don't know, say you don't know."
"A good man does not make a warrior, just as good steel does not go for nails."