Confucius
Confucius
Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
essence mind attention
Unify your attention. Do not listen with your ears, but with your mind. Do not listen with your mind but with your essence.
mind fifteen study
At fifteen my mind was directed to study, and at thirty I knew where to stand.
learning mind growing
The master said, 'Quietly to store up knowledge in my mind, to learn without flagging, to teach without growing weary, these present me with no difficulties.'
mind worship ifs
If my mind is not engaged in my worship, it is as though I worshipped not.
order mind wish
In ancient times, those who wished to illuminate the world with virtue first brought order to their nations. Wishing to order well their nations, they first harmonized their families. Wishing to harmonize their families, they first cultivated themselves. Wishing to cultivate themselves, they first rectified their minds. Those who wished to rectify their minds first made their intentions sincere.
fighting evil mind
Rate the task above the prize; will not the mind be raised? Fight thine own faults, not the faults of others; will not evil be mended?
humble mind needed
What is most needed for learning is a humble mind.
men office mind
The superior man does not mind being in office; all he minds about is whether he has qualities that entitle him to office. He does not mind failing to get recognition; he is too busy doing the things that entitle him to recognition.
men evil mind
The man of noble mind seeks to achieve the good in others and not their evil. The little-minded man is the reverse of this.
men parent mind
If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere - although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has.
water mind offensive
Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive.
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.
army chinese mind
The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.
order mind firsts
First there must be order and harmony within your own mind.