Confucius
Confucius
Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
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.
integrity men fire
Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.
integrity men morality
Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.
integrity no-friends faults
Make faithfulness and truth thy masters: have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults.
integrity principles equal
He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.
integrity home land
Be faithful and true of word; let thy walk be plain and lowly: thou wilt get on, though in savage land. If thy words be not faithful and true, thy walk plain and lowly, wilt thou get on, though in thine own home? Standing, see these words ranged before thee; driving, see them written upon the yoke. Then thou wilt get on.
integrity golden-rule
Never do to others what you would not like them to do to you.
integrity character mean
Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!
integrity sacrifice men
The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.
love fear integrity
If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?
derived homes integrity nation strength
The strength of a nation is derived from the integrity of its homes
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.