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Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it

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Study the past if you would define the future.

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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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Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.

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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

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You cannot open a book without learning something.

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It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

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If I raise one corner for someone and he cannot come back with the other three, I do not go on.

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When the Master entered the great temple he asked about everything. Someone said, ‘Who will say that this son of the man of Zou knows about ritual? Wh...more

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To one who is not eager I do not reveal anything, nor do I explain anything to one who is not communicative. If I raise one corner for someone and he ...more

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In worthy teaching, all things are related.

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How can you love people without encouraging them? And how can you be loyal to people without educating them.

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Even when walking in the company of two other men, I am bound to be able to learn from them. The good points of the one I copy, the bad points of the ...more