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Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it

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Study the past if you would define the future.

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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 f...more

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Learning without thought is labor lost thought without learning is perilous.

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If I raise one corner for someone and he cannot come back with the other three, I do not go on.

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When the Master entered the great temple he asked about everything. Someone said, ‘Who will say that this son of the man of Zou knows about ritual? Wh...more

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Even when walking in the company of two other men, I am bound to be able to learn from them. The good points of the one I copy, the bad points of the ...more