Confucius
Confucius
Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
water mind offensive
Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive.
teaching strange dangerous
To throw oneself into strange teachings is quite dangerous.
sacrifice ifs
If I do not participate in the sacrifice, it is as if I did not sacrifice at all.
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?
watches action kind
Watch their actions, observe their motives, examine wherein they dwell content; won't you know what kind of person they are?
worry failing acknowledge
Don't worry about being acknowledged by others; worry about failing to acknowledge them.
people tongue heavy
The tongue must be heavy indeed, because so few people can hold it
youth
A youth is to be regarded with respect.
lost labor
Learning, undigested by thought, is labor lost.
dangerous
Thought, unassisted by learning, is dangerous.
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.
people attention pay
If you would govern a state of a thousand chariots, you must pay strict attention to business, be true to your word, be economical in expenditure and love the people.
fall tree heaven
Heaven, in the production of things, is sure to be bountiful to them, according to their qualities. Hence the tree that is flourishing, it nourishes, while that which is ready to fall, it overthrows.