Confucius
Confucius
Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
educational past confucianism
Study the past if you would define the future. I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there. Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
mistake educational failure
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
educational lying teaching
Only through education does one come to be dissatisfied with his own knowledge, and only through teaching others does one come to realize the uncomfortable inadequacy of his knowledge. Being dissatisfied with his own knowledge, one then realizes that the trouble lies with himself, and realizing the uncomfortable inadequacy of his knowledge one then feels stimulated to improve himself. Therefore, it is said, "the processes of teaching and learning stimulate one another."
educational philosophy love-is
Love is like a spice. It can sweeten your life - however, it can spoil it, too.
life educational practice
The true gentleman does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.
educational goal missing
Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it
educational book reading
You cannot open a book without learning something.
teacher educational teaching
Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.
arm bent joy midst pillow rice water
With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow -- I have still joy in the midst of all these things.
force impossible knowing words
Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men.
heaven way sincerity
Sincerity is the way of heaven.
love inspirational funny
Learn, as if never overtaking your object, and yet as if apprehensive of losing it.
spiritual goodness endure
Without Goodness one cannot enjoy enduring happiness
integrity men may
When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.