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Confucius Quotes

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When a person should be spoken with, and you don’t speak with them, you lose them. When a person shouldn’t be spoken with and you speak to them, you waste your breath. The wise do not lose people, nor do they waste their breath. Learn advidly. Question it repeatedly. Analyze it carefully. Then put what you have learned into practice intelligently. Confucius

Damned or Redeemed

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One who does not know enough to know should not jump to conclusions. The ability to face the consequences of that realization will make a difference between damned and redeemed. Ivica Mijatovic

Path to Happiness

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                                 The price of freedom is simply choosing to be.                            There is no path to happiness, happiness is the path. If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.

Blame

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“They blame those who remain silent, they blame those who speak much, they blame those who speak in moderation. There is none in the world who is not blamed.”                                                     Buddha Dhammapada, verse 227

Golden Rule

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Disciple of Confucius asked: "Is there anyone word that could guide a person throughout life?" The Master replied: "How about 'shu' [reciprocity]: never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself?"                                                                            Confucius                                                    Analects XV.24, tr. David Hinton