What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
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ConfuciusAnalects, Book XV
About Confucius
Chinese teacher and philosopher whose sayings were collected in the Analects. (551-479 BC)
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- Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.Analects, Book II, tr. James Legge
- 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
- 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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