Study the past if you would divine the future

Quote by Confucius

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Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it

Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it

Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?

Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?

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

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

Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are...

Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are...

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are...

To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are...

The main object of conciliation lies in reaching a solution to a case based upon...

The main object of conciliation lies in reaching a solution to a case based upon...

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort

When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war

When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war

To love a thing means wanting it to live.

To love a thing means wanting it to live.

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A...

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A...

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them

Failure is not an option.

Failure is not an option.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by...

By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by...

Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.

Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust...

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust...

If a man has done his best, what else is there?

If a man has done his best, what else is there?

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

Nothing in this world is handed to you. You have to go out and get...

Nothing in this world is handed to you. You have to go out and get...

If you only do what you know you can do- you never do very much.

If you only do what you know you can do- you never do very much.

The road to success is always under construction.

The road to success is always under construction.

Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.

Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.