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“The bottom line is that we never fall for the person we're supposed to.”
― Jodi Picoult, My Sister's Keeper

“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
― Confucius, Confucius: The Analects

“Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.”
― Confucius, The Analects

“Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.”
― Confucius, The Analects

“To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.”
― Confucius, The Analects

“Fix your mind on truth, hold firm to virtue, rely on loving kindness, and find your recreation in the Arts.”
― Confucius, The Analects

“The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.”
― Confucius, Analects Of Confucius

“The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.”
― Confucius, Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean

“Lead the people with administrative injunctions and put them in their place with penal law, and they will avoid punishments but will be without a sense of shame. Lead them with excellence and put them in their place through roles and ritual practices, and in addition to developing a sense of shame, they will order themselves harmoniously”
― Confucius, The Analects

“When the wind blows,the grass bends.”
― Confucius, The Analects

“At fifteen I set my heart upon learning.
At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground.
At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities.
At fifty, I knew what were the biddings of Heaven.
At sixty, I heard them with docile ear.
At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of right.”
― Confucius

“If there were an honorable way to get rich, I’d do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with a whip. But there isn’t an honorable way, so I just do what I like.”
― Confucius, Analects Of Confucius

“Be strict with yourself but least reproachful of others and complaint is kept afar.”
― Confucius, The Analects

“The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools. ”
― Confucius, The Analects of Confucius

“The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.”
― Confucius, The Analects of Confucius

“He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him;
He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him”
― Confucius, The Analects

“If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.”
― Confucius, The Analects of Confucius

“Not to discuss with a man worthy of conversation is to waste the man. To discuss with a man not worthy of conversation is to waste words. The wise waste neither men nor words.”
― Confucius, The Analects

“To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.”
― Confucius, The Analects of Confucius

“The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.”
― Confucius, The Analects of Confucius

“Tsze-Kung asked, “Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?” The Master said, “Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”
― Confucius, The Analects

“It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were.”
― Kahlil Gibran

“It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.”
― Mother Theresa