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    Confucius
    “By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
    ― Confucious
    tags: wisdom
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    Confucius
    “Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.”
    ― Confucius
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    Confucius
    “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
    ― Confucious
    tags: beauty, everything, seeing
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  • #4
    Confucius
    “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
    ― Confucius
    tags: education, inspirational, life, perseverance
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  • #5
    Confucius
    “He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.”
    ― Confucius
    tags: wisdom
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  • #6
    Confucius
    “If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.”
    ― Confucius
    tags: inspirational, mistake
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  • #7
    Confucius
    “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
    ― Confucius
    tags: complexity, philosophy, simplicity
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  • #8
    Confucius
    “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
    ― Confucius, Confucius: The Analects
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  • #9
    Confucius
    “The funniest people are the saddest ones”
    ― Confucius
    tags: funny, people, sad
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  • #10
    Confucius
    “Study the past if you would define the future.”
    ― Confucius
    tags: direction, future, history, learning, moving-forward, past, strategy
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  • #11
    Confucius
    “Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.”
    ― Confucius
    tags: foolishness, other-people
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  • #12
    Confucius
    “To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.”
    ― Confucius
    tags: forgiveness, grudges
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  • #13
    Confucius
    “Respect yourself and others will respect you.”
    ― Confucius, The Sayings of Confucius
    tags: respect, self-respect
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  • #14
    Confucius
    “Silence is a true friend who never betrays.”
    ― Confucius
    tags: كنفسيوس
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  • #15
    Confucius
    “You cannot open a book without learning something.”
    ― Confucius
    tags: books, learning, philosopher
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  • #16
    Confucius
    “When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.”
    ― Confucius
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  • #17
    Confucius
    “Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.”
    ― Confucius
    tags: personal-responsibility, self-assessment, self-determination
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  • #18
    Confucius
    “What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.”
    ― Confucius
    tags: individuality, inspiration, validation
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  • #19
    Confucius
    “The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”
    ― Confucius
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  • #20
    Confucius
    “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.”
    ― Confucius
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  • #21
    Confucius
    “Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.”
    ― Confucius, The Book of Rites
    tags: art, music, power-of-music
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  • #22
    Confucius
    “Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.”
    ― Confucius
    tags: wisdom
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  • #23
    Confucius
    “Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.”
    ― Confucius
    tags: education, enduring-good, generosity, life, wise-advice, work
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  • #24
    Confucius
    “The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.”
    ― Confucius
    tags: futility, knowledge, religion
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  • #25
    Confucius
    “The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.”
    ― Confucius
    tags: adversitiy
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  • #26
    Confucius
    “The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?”
    ― Confucius
    tags: tao, wisdom, zen
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  • #27
    Confucius
    “The man of wisdom is never of two minds;
    the man of benevolence never worries;
    the man of courage is never afraid.”
    ― Confucius
    tags: wisdom
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  • #28
    Confucius
    “It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.”
    ― Confucius
    tags: inspirational
    559 likes



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