Confucius
Confucius
Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
men grieving people
The good man does not grieve that other people do not recognize his merits. His only anxiety is lest he should fail to recognize theirs.
taken men may
The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.
mind worship ifs
If my mind is not engaged in my worship, it is as though I worshipped not.
names rectify
What is necessary is to rectify names.
blow government wind
Sir, in carrying on your government, why should you use killing at all? Let your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it.
movement looks speak
Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety.
men principles may
Men of principle are sure to be bold, but those who are bold may not always be men of principle.
poison persons angry-person
An angry person is always full of poison.
opposites people petty
Cultivated people foster what is good in others, not what is bad. Petty people do the opposite.
men gentleman sides
A gentleman can see a question from all sides without bias. The small man is biased and can see a question only from one side.
heaven earth may
The way of Heaven and Earth may be completely declared in one sentence: They are without any doubleness, and so they produce things in a manner that is unfathomable.
distance men three
The superior man undergoes three changes. Looked at from a distance, he appears stern; when approached, he is mild; when he is heard to speak, his language is firm and decided.
baseball men balls
Baseball is wrong, man with four balls cannot walk
men clothes study
Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in men's clothes.