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Worship as though the Deity were present. If my mind is not engaged in my worship, it is as though I worshipped not. - [Worship] Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue is at hand. - Analects (bk. I, ch. IV) [Virtue] Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous. - Analects (bk. II, ch. XV) [Learning] When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it; this is knowledge. - Analects (bk. II, ch. XVII) [Knowledge] To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage. - Analects (bk. II, ch. XXIV) [Cowardice] The cautious seldom err. - Analects (bk. IV, ch. XXIII) [Error] Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors. - Analects (bk. IV, ch. XXV) [Virtue] The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him. - Analects (bk. IX, ch. XXV) [Will] The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort, is not fit to be deemed a scholar. - Analects (bk. XIV, ch. III) [Students] There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind. - Analects (bk. XVII, ch. VIII) [Learning] Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men. - Analects (bk. XX, ch. III) [Words] A picture is a poem without words. - Anet. ad Her. (4, 28) [Painting] Displaying page 5 of 5 for this author: << Prev 1 2 3 4 [5]
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