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"In following the Way, the noble-minded treasure three things: a manner free of violence and arrogance, a countenance full of sincerity and trust, a voice free of vulgarity and impropriety."
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"Study the past, if you would divine the future."
Future
"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps."
Action
"To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness."
Beginning
"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest."
Experience
"Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods."
Art
"Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself."
Friendship
"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance."
Knowledge
"Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs."
People
"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change."
Change
"It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them."
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"Treat people like people. Beware of pity and patronization because in them, you can't see when you're unashamedly looking down on someone."
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Personal Development
"I didn't have the vaguest idea of what to do " I couldn't keep staring at the wall forever, I told myself. But even that admonition didn't work. A faculty advisor reviewing a graduation thesis would have had the perfect comment: you write well, you argue clearly, but you don't have anything to say."
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Personal Development
"Never ask about the details of someone's personal life, only the quality. Because if they want you to know, they'll let you know. If they don't want you to know, there is no need to know."
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Personal Development
"What grave liability one incurs when one calls a virtuous woman, a whore! It will ruin his countless lives to come. There is no liability if one calls a whore a virtuous woman!"
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Personal Development
"Barking at people earns their respect about as effectively as staring into the sun improves your vision."
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Personal Development
"I am 15 and you are 51, I know you are the best, to be loved by, everyone."
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Personal Development
"It is wise to use titles for people in positions of power, higher education, seniority, or maturity, unless otherwise instructed. This may sound old-fashioned, but practicing respectful traditions will earn you points and inevitably make you seem more cultured and sophisticated. This is especially true with older generations."
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Personal Development
"The natural and untainted male mind respects and loves the woman and her magnificent scope of capability and creative gifts."
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Personal Development
"Being told you are wrong or insulted, gives you an opportunity to practice decency and having a non-response internally."
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Personal Development
"We are not angry with people we fear or respect, as long as we fear or respect them; you cannot be afraid of a person and also at the same time angry with him."
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Personal Development
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