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Confucius

Contemplative & Other. Voices from outside the Greco-Roman tradition, included here for reflection. These are not Stoic in origin.

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• "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."
• "Learning without thinking is wasted labor; thinking without learning is dangerous."
• "An intelligent person learns from the mistakes of others, a common person learns from their own mistakes."
• "He who chases two hares catches none."
• "Whatever you do in life, do it with all your heart."
• "The man who moves mountains begins by carrying away small stones."
• "Learning without thinking is wasted labor."
• "The beginning of wisdom is calling things by their true names."
• "Our glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."