Quote #97

They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

More from Confucius

  1. The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.
  2. To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.
  3. Study the past if you would divine the future.
  4. To love a thing is to want it to live.
  5. Respect yourself and others will respect you.
  6. To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.
  7. It does not matter the number of times we fall but the number of times we rise when we fall.
  8. When anger rises, think of the consequences.

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