About Confucius

Chinese teacher and philosopher whose sayings were collected in the Analects. (551-479 BC)

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• When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.Analects, Book IV, tr. James Legge
• The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.Analects, Book XIV, tr. James Legge
• When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them.Analects, Book VII, tr. James Legge
• What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.Analects, Book XV
• The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.Analects, Book VI, tr. James Legge
• I am not concerned that I have no place; I am concerned how I may fit myself for one. I am not concerned that I am not known; I seek to be worthy to be known.Analects, Book IV

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• The way for a young man to rise, is to improve himself every way he can, never suspecting that any body wishes to hinder him.Abraham Lincoln
• We are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to combat it.Thomas Jefferson
• But though an old man, I am but a young gardener.Thomas Jefferson
• Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.Thomas Jefferson
• The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.Theodore Roosevelt
• Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.Eleanor Roosevelt

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