Confucius
Confucius
Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
mean seeks superior
What the superior person seeks is in themselves. What the mean person seeks is in others.
mean men waiting
The superior man is quiet and calm, waiting for the appointments of heaven, while the mean man walks in dangerous paths, looking for lucky occurrences.
mean self waste
Waste begets self-will; thrift begets meanness: but better be mean than self-willed.
mean clouds water
Coarse rice to eat, water to drink, my bended arm for a pillow - therein is happiness. Wealth and rank attained through immoral means are nothing but drifting clouds.
mean pride men
The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.
stars mean exercise
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
mean perfection people
The superior person tries to promote music as a means to the perfection of human culture. When such music prevails, and people's minds are led towards the right ideals and aspirations, we may see the appearance of a great nation.
regret mean men
The superior man accords with the course of the Mean. Though he may be all unknown, unregarded by the world, he feels no regret - It is only the sage who is able for this.
character mean motive
See a person's means ... Observe his motives. Examine that in which he rests. How can a person conceal his character?
lying character mean
The administration of government lies in getting proper men. Such men are to be got by means of the ruler's own character. That character is to be cultivated by his treading in the ways of duty. And the treading those ways of duty is to be cultivated by the cherishing of benevolence.
real mean men
Look closely into his aims, observe the means by which he pursues them, discover what brings him content - and can the man's real worth remain hidden from you?
mean men way
It is the way of the superior man to prefer the concealment of his virtue, while it daily becomes more illustrious, and it is the way of the mean man to seek notoriety, while he daily goes more and more to ruin.
mean
To love a thing means wanting it to live.
integrity character mean
Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!