Confucius
Confucius
Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
winning trying genius
The one who was born a genius can't win against the one who tries, and the one who tries can't win against the one who enjoys.
love inspirational funny
There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.
love inspirational funny
The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.
men enemy faults
He who flatters a man is his enemy. he who tells him of his faults is his maker.
inspirational teacher past
The Master said, “A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present.” (Analects 2.11)
hate names people
The Master said, “Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not abide them. Poverty and disgrace are things that all people hate, and yet unless they are avoided in the proper way I will not despise them. “If the gentleman abandons ren, how can he be worthy of that name? The gentleman does not violate ren even for the amount of time required to eat a meal. Even in times of urgency or distress, he does not depart from it.” (Analects 4.5)
greed determined resentment
The Master said, “If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment.
men gentleman profit
The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.” (Analects 4.16)
daughter facts criminals
The Master said of Gong Yechang, “He is marriageable. Although he was once imprisoned and branded as a criminal, he was in fact innocent of any crime.” The Master gave him his daughter in marriage. (Analects 5.1)
men water people
The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!” (Analects 6.11)
horse mouths four
Even four harnessed horses cannot bring imprudent words back into the mouth.
men persistence physicians
A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.
men benevolence benevolent
What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?
people good-people demand
The demands that good people make are upon themselves; Those that bad people make are upon others.