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Famous Confucius Quotes
“If my mind be not engaged in worship, it is as though I worshipped not.”
“To find the Tao, there is nowhere you need to search. If it is not inside you, it is not the Tao.”
“Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others.”
“Even if people do not know what real kindness is, they nonetheless have it within them.”
“An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it.”
“Don't worry if people don't recognize your merits; worry that you may not recognize theirs.”
“If you devote your life to seeking revenge, first dig two graves.”
“Learn, as if never overtaking your object, and yet as if apprehensive of losing it.”
“The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.”
“If you don't know how to serve men, why worry about serving the gods?”
“If a superior man abandon virtue, how can he fulfil the requirements of that name?”