Confucius Quotes About Happiness
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We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves
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To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of what it means to be happy or content.
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He who works for his own interests will arouse much animosity
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The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.
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They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
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What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
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Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it.
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We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.
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He who is really kind, can never be unhappy
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Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
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If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.
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Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
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If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.
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The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.
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Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
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If a man has no humaneness what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness what can his happiness be like?
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Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.
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