To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

Quote by Confucius

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If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of...

If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of...

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...

Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.

Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.

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

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

Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.

Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.

If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near...

If a man take no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near...

When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see...

When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see...

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...

May you be born in an important time

May you be born in an important time

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...

If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of...

If names are not correct, language will not be in accordance with the truth of...

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

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

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

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

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

Tsze-Kung asked, Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for...

Tsze-Kung asked, Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for...

He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.

He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.

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

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

We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but...

We learn and grow and are transformed not so much by what we do but...

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.

The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.