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

Quote by Confucius

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He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

Dont complain about the snow on your neighbors roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

Dont complain about the snow on your neighbors roof when your own doorstep is unclean.

He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being...

He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being...

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it...

Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and 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?

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

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

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

To be wrong is nothing unless you continue to remember it

To be wrong is nothing unless you continue to remember it

If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if...

If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if...

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do...

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do...

To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.

To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom...

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom...

Forget injuries; never forget kindness.

Forget injuries; never forget kindness.

To be in ones own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the...

To be in ones own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the...

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if...

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if...

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the...

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the...

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.