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The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have b...more

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It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.

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If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.

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He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

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Where words lose their meaning, people lose their lives.

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The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.

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Study the past if you would define the future.

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The Man who says he can, and the man who says he can not.. Are both correct

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Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

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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.

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When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.

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He who is concerned only with the purity of his own life ruins the great human relations.

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To rank the effort above the prize may be called love.

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If we don't know life, how can we know death?

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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 f...more