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> My great concern is not with men who do not know me, but with men who cannot understand me. > "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." > Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life. > A workman who wants to do his work well must first prepare his tools. > Success depends on previous preparation and without such preparation there is sure to be failure. > Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old and you may become a teacher of others. > Not to teach a man who can be taught, is to waste a man; to teach a man who cannot be taught, is a waste of words. The wise will lose neither men nor words. > Sorrow not because men do not know you; but sorrow that you do not know men. > The superior man acts before he speaks and afterwards speaks according to his action. > He who learns but does not think is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger. > When you know a thing, maintain you know it; when you do not, acknowledge it. This is the characteristic of knowledge. > If we may learn what is right in the morning, we should be content to die in the evening. > The scholar who is intent upon learning the truth, yet is ashamed of his poor clothes and food, is not worthy to be discoursed with. > Let the leader of men promote those who have ability and instruct those who have it not. They will be willing to be led. > To see what is right and not to do it, that is cowardice. > The superior man is not contentious. He contends only as in competitions of archery and when he wins he will present his cup to his competitor. > The superior men are sparing in their words and profuse in their deeds. > The superior man may not be conversant with petty details, yet can be entrusted with important matters; the inferior man may be conversant with petty details yet cannot be entrusted with important matters. > Three things the superior man guards against: lust of the flesh in youth, combativeness in maturity and ambition in old age. > Only the supremely wise and the abysmally ignorant do not change. > The superior man things always of virtue; the common man things of comfort. > One excellent way to practice the rules of propriety is to be natural. > When prosperity comes, do not use all of it. > We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves. > Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance. > If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them and the' bad points of the other and correct them in myself. > It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. > Tell me, is there anyone who is able for one whole day to apply the energy of his mind to virtue? It may be that there are such but I have never met with one. > Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it. > Confucius was asked, "What say you of the remark, 'Repay enmity with kindness'?” And he replied, how then would you repay kindness? Repay kindness with kindness and enmity with justice. " > Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. > He who does not recognize the existence of a Divine Law cannot be a superior man. |
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