Confucius
Confucius
Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
knows ifs
If you don't know the life yet, how could be possible for you to know the death?
book may three
In the Book of Poetry there are three hundred poems, but the meaning of all of them may be put in a single sentence: Have no debasing thoughts.
guests vices masters
The vices come as passengers, visit us as guest and stay as masters.
deeds language accomplished
If language is not rectified, words do not correspond to meaning, and if words do not correspond to meaning, our deeds cannot be accomplished.
men gentleman small-man
The gentleman sees what is right while the small man sees what is profitable.
hands rose giving
A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. If you are generous, you will gain everything.
men law wish
When a man is guided by the principles of reciprocity and consciousness, he is not far from the moral law. Whatever you don't wish for yourself don't do unto others.
speech action worried
Wisdom is worried for being slow in its speech and expeditious in its actions.
men practice talking
The highest kind of man is the one who does before talking and practices what he professes.
path
The love to Wisdom is getting closer to the own bright path.
attitude language virtue
The contrived language and the flattering attitude rarely come with the virtue.
weed peasants negligence
There are not the weeds the ones that drown the good seed, but the negligence of the peasant.
heart heaven desire
At 15 I set my heart on learning; At 30 I firmly took my stand; At 40 I had no delusions; At 50 I knew the Mandate of Heaven; At 60 my ear was attuned; At 70 I followed my heart's desire without overstepping the boundaries of right.
knows ifs
If you know, say you know. If you don't know, say you don't know.