Confucius
Confucius
Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
son roots people
From the Son of Heaven down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything besides.
teaching strange dangerous
To throw oneself into strange teachings is quite dangerous.
hands election politician
Confucius say... politician is one who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after.
people tongue heavy
The tongue must be heavy indeed, because so few people can hold it
worry failing acknowledge
Don't worry about being acknowledged by others; worry about failing to acknowledge them.
watches action kind
Watch their actions, observe their motives, examine wherein they dwell content; won't you know what kind of person they are?
lost labor
Learning, undigested by thought, is labor lost.
doors house able
Who expects to be able to go out of a house except by the door? How is it then that no one follows this Way of ours?
real mean men
Look closely into his aims, observe the means by which he pursues them, discover what brings him content - and can the man's real worth remain hidden from you?
dangerous
Thought, unassisted by learning, is dangerous.
men gentleman doe
A gentleman does not promote a man on account of what he says; nor does he reject sayings, because the speaker is what he is.
bitterness strife
It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife
strong memories ink
The strongest memory is not as strong as the weakest ink.
real men way
The Way is not for, but from, man; if we take the Way as something superhuman, beyond man, this is not the real Way.