I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.

Quote by Confucius

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Study the past if you would divine the future

Study the past if you would divine the future

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

Silence is a friend who will never betray

Silence is a friend who will never betray

What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in...

What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in...

Learning without reflection is a waste, reflection without learning is dangerous.

Learning without reflection is a waste, reflection without learning is dangerous.

Make fair agreements and stick to them

Make fair agreements and stick to them

Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.

Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.

People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.

People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

To be wrong is nothing unless you continue to remember it

To be wrong is nothing unless you continue to remember it

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

You cannot open a book without learning something.

You cannot open a book without learning something.