Confucius
Confucius
Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
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.
stars administration excellent
To be excellent when engaged in administration is to be like the North Star. As it remains in its one position, all the other stars surround it.
pleasure
To learn and from time to time to apply what one has learned - isn't that a pleasure?
house leaving house-guests
Every house guest brings you happiness. Some when they arrive, and some when they are leaving
workout squares three
If I hold up one corner of a square and the student cannot workout the other three for himself, I won't go any further.
thinking vain desolation
To learn without thinking is labour in vain, to think without learning is desolation.
men middle rate
If I cannot get men who steer a middle course to associate with, I would far rather have the impetuous and hasty. For the impetuous at any rate assert themselves.
people way affection
Wisdom is rooted in watching with affection the way people grow.
done alive want
In dealing with the dead, if we treat them as if they were entirely dead, that would show a want of affection and should not be done; or, if we treat them as if they were entirely alive, that would show a want of wisdom and should not be done.