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Stone Chimes

A modern English adaption of the Analects of Confucius.

Thinking

2.15

Confucius said, “If you learn without thinking, you’ll be lost. If you think without learning, you’ll be in danger.”

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7.2

Confucius said, “Keeping silent, but thinking. Learning without getting tired. Encouraging others without fatigue. These things aren’t a problem for me.”

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12.14

Zizhang asked about good governance.

Confucius replied, “Ponder over it untiringly and do your best to carry it out.”

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15.31

Confucius said, “I once spent a whole day without eating and whole night without sleeping in order to think. Useless! Study would have been better.”

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