Confucius
Confucius
Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
philosophical beer government
An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
reading heart voice
Words are the voice of the heart.
giving-up men advantage
The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.
wise spiritual knowledge
When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.
love-you demand doe
Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?
wisdom respect philosophical
Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?
spiritual yoga men
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
educational goal missing
Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it
men way purpose
The superior man is firm in the right way and not merely firm.
growth levels may
Excessive (population) growth may reduce output per worker, repress levels of living for the masses and engender strife
life morning regret
If a man in the morning hear the right way, he may die in the evening without regret.
successful intelligent chinese
He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed.
love inspirational funny
It is only the very wisest and the very stupidest who cannot change.
moving grief way
The failure to cultivate virtue, the failure to examine and analyze what I have learned, the inability to move toward righteousness after being shown the way, the inability to correct my faults-these are the causes of my grief.