Confucius
Confucius
Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
art justice confusion
If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.
tea mind body
Tea tempers the spirits and harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness, lightens or refreshes the body, and clears the perceptive faculties.
sacrifice ifs
If I do not participate in the sacrifice, it is as if I did not sacrifice at all.
gratitude needs imagine
Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. To see it a person only needs to imagine how it could be worse.
gentleman deeds ashamed
A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.
badass goal wish
Do not wish for quick results, nor look for small advantages. If you seek quick results, you will not reach the ultimate goal. If you are led astray by small advantages, you will never accomplish great things.
house looks world
I live in a very small house, but my windows look out on a very large world.
wise men moon
When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.
men may study
The superior man, extensively studying all learning, and keeping himself under the restraint of the rules of propriety, may thus likewise not overstep what is right.
purpose
It is better not to proceed at all than to proceed without purpose.
character men partisans
The superior man is universally minded and no partisan. The inferior man is a partisan and not universal.
wise goodness select
Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?
thinking speak reason
Let our reason, and not our senses, be the rule of our conduct; for reason will teach us to think wisely, to speak prudently, and to behave worthily.
love inspirational funny
It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.