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Confucius (/kənˈfjuːʃəs/ kən-FEW-shəs; 551 BC – 479 BC) was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history.

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Never overlook wallflower at dance; may be dandelion in grass.

Dandelions, Grass, May, Overlook, Wallflower

If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.

Keep, Say, Silence, Silent, Spiritual

Love should start from people close to us, then be extended to other people, to strangers, and eventually to the world

Close, Eventually, People, Spiritual, Strangers, World

A good man regards the root; he fixes the root, and ail else flows out of it. The root is filial piety; the fruit brotherly love.

Fixes, Fruit, Good Man, Men, Piety, Roots

Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors

Bound, Funny, Inspirational, Love, Solitary, Virtue

If a man is not good, what has he to do with the rules of propriety? If he is not good, what has he to do with music?

Man, Men, Music, Propriety

The man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks.

Honesty, Life Is, Man, Men, Obeyed, Upright

The failure to cultivate virtue, the failure to examine and analyze what I have learned, the inability to move toward righteousness after being shown the way, the inability to correct my faults-these are the causes of my grief.

Correct, Examine, Grief, Growth, Moving, Virtue

Respect yourself and others will respect you.

Life, Respect, Self Esteem

I have never seen one who really loves goodness or one who really hates wickedness. One who really loves goodness will not place anything above it. One who really hates wickedness will practice goodness in such a way that wickedness will have no chance to get at him. Is there anyone who has devoted his whole strength to doing good for even as long as a single day? I have not seen anyone give up such an attempt because he had not the strength to go on. Perhaps there is such a case, but I have never seen it.

Chance, Giving Up, Goodness, Hate, Practice, Wickedness

These are the four abuses: desire to succeed in order to make oneself famous; taking credit for the labors of others; refusal to correct one's errors despite advice; refusal to change one's ideas despite warnings.

Change, Errors, Humility, Labors, Order

Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments

Expect, Expectations, Incurring, Littles, Resentments, Spiritual

The Master said, “A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present. ” (Analects 2. 11)

Alive, Inspirational, Keeping, Past, Teacher

The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety.

Anxiety, Joy, Parent, Parents, Profound

To find the Tao, there is nowhere you need to search. If it is not inside you, it is not the Tao.

Needs, Nowhere, Search, Tao, Taoism

The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause of dissatisfaction with himself.

Character, Heart, Men, Nothing, Watch

Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.

Funny, Inspirational, Love, Position, Proper, Worry

I have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women.

Fond, Man, Men, Virtue, Women

The Master said, At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities. At fifty, I knew what were the biddings of Heaven. At sixty, I heard them with docile ear. At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of righ.

Desired, Feet, Ground, Heart, Heaven, Learning

He who is really kind, can never be unhappy

Family, Kind, Life, Love, Unhappy

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