When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine yourself.

Quote by Confucius

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

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

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.

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes...

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes...

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country...

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country...

Love is the expression of simplicity in emotion, the unattainable longing that comes so unexpectedly,...

Love is the expression of simplicity in emotion, the unattainable longing that comes so unexpectedly,...

I have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women.

I have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women.

The cautious seldom err.

The cautious seldom err.

Silence is the true friend that never betrays.

Silence is the true friend that never betrays.

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

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

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them

When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them

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?

Study the past if you would divine the future

Study the past if you would divine the future

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...

The object of the superior man is truth.

The object of the superior man is truth.

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

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

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is...

If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is...