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Quotations 121–144 of 692.

  1. The essential achievement of the will is to attend to a difficult object and hold it fast before the mind.
  2. Next to worry, probably one of the most potent causes of unhappiness is envy.
  3. Envy is itself a terrible obstacle to happiness.
  4. Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
  5. The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.
  6. We feel that even if all possible scientific questions are answered, the problems of life have still not been touched at all.
  7. The meaning of a word is its use in the language.
  8. In choosing himself, man chooses all men.
  9. Man is nothing other than what he makes of himself.
  10. Rebellion cannot do without the notion of a limit — it stops at human dignity.
  11. We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
  12. In the bitterest turns of fortune, true friends are proved.
  13. Wealth does not take away need — it kindles new wants.
  14. The Master said: Is it not a pleasure to learn and to practice what one has learned in due time? Is it not a joy to have friends come from afar? Is it not the mark of a gentleman to remain unresentful when others fail to appreciate one?
  15. The Master said: What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
  16. The Master said: You, shall I teach you what knowing is? To know what you know, and to know what you do not know — that is true knowing.
  17. The Master said: When three people walk together, one of them is sure to be my teacher. I select what is good in them and follow it; what is not good, I correct in myself.
  18. Zengzi said: Each day I examine myself on three counts: In acting on behalf of others, have I been loyal? In dealings with friends, have I been trustworthy? Have I practiced what was passed on to me?
  19. The Master said: When you see the worthy, think of equaling them; when you see the unworthy, examine yourself within.
  20. The Master said: If one hears the Way in the morning, one may die content that evening.
  21. The Master said: The gentleman seeks it in himself; the petty person seeks it in others.
  22. The Master said: When you have faults, do not fear to correct them.
  23. The Master said: Only when the year turns cold do we know that the pine and cypress are the last to wither.
  24. The Master said: Those who know it are not equal to those who love it; those who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.