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"Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change."
Confucius
"Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men."
Confucius
"If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself."
Confucius
"He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger."
Confucius
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
Confucius
"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance."
Confucius
"Learning without thought is labor lost thought without learning is perilous."
Confucius
"The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools."
Confucius
"Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?"
Confucius
"They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom."
Confucius
"The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development."
Confucius
"The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort."
Confucius
"Would you become a pilgrim on the road of love? The first condition is that you make yourself humble as dust and ashes."
Rumi
"Don’t you know yet? It is your light that lights the world."
Rumi
"Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot. Seek the path that demands your whole being."
Rumi
"What hurts you, blesses you. Darkness is your candle."
Rumi
"What is planted in each person’s soul will sprout."
Rumi
"Patience is the key to joy."
Rumi
"Be soulful. Be kind. Be in love."
Rumi
"Love sometimes wants to do us a great favour: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out."
Rumi