Confucius
Confucius
Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
book teaching views
Kong Qiu, or Master Kong as he was known, did not live to see his days of glory. During his lifetime, his views were received with scorn. But that was about two thousand five hundred years ago. A handful of his dedicated followers passed on Confucius' teachings to future generations. After Confucius' death, his followers published his teachings in the book, The Analects of Confucius.
life passion men
There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of his passions; and when old, of covetousness, especially.
want
Don't make to others what you don't want them to make to you.
gentleman desire speech
The gentleman desires to be halting in speech but quick in action.
men reviews teach
A man who reviews the old so as to find out the new is qualified to teach others.
everyday mountain earth
Transport a handful of earth everyday and you will make a mountain.
education homeschooling certain-knowledge
Knowledge is recognizing what you know and what you don't.
wise ignorant
Only the supremely wise and the ignorant do not alter.
spiritual looks display
How abundantly do spiritual beings display the powers that belong to them! We look for them, but do not see them; we listen to, but do not hear them; yet they enter into all things, and there is nothing without them.
men parent mind
If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere - although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has.
evil may diamond
A blemish may be removed from a diamond by careful polishing, but evil words once spoken cannot be effaced.
children wife unions
A happy union with wife and child is like the music of lutes and harps.
one-day able would-be
Is any one able for one day to apply his strength to virtue? I have not seen the case in which his strength would be sufficient.
water mind offensive
Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive.