Confucius
Confucius
Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
love inspirational funny
Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
want ifs
If you don't want to do something,don't impose on others
knowledge learning roots
Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.
know-how knows
You will never know how sharp a sword is unless it's drawn from its sheath
gentleman world sides
In his dealings with the world, the gentleman is not invariably for or against anything. He is on the side of what is moral.
men dupes life-is
That a man lives is because he is straight. That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate enough to be spared.
riches novelty done
If you did not do so for the sake of riches,You must have done so for the sake of novelty.
love inspirational funny
Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.
appreciate enjoy
those who understands is not better than those who appreciates, those who appreciates is not better than those who enjoys.
differences earth facts
The Master said, The case is like that of someone raising a mound. If he stops working, the fact that it perhaps needed only one more basketful makes no difference; I stay where I am. Whereas even if he has not got beyond leveling the ground, but is still at work, the fact that he has only tilted one basketful of earth makes no difference. I go to help him.
essence use
The Essence of Knowledge is, having it, to use it.
heart boundaries seventies
At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of right.
mistake educational failure
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
positive men demand
The demands that a great man makes are on himself; those of a petty man are upon others.