Confucius
Confucius
Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
motivational occupation needs
Look for an occupation that you like, and you will not need to labor for a single day in your life.
taoism needs tao
To find the Tao, there is nowhere you need to search. If it is not inside you, it is not the Tao.
water needs finding-happiness
He who needs only coarse food, water and drink, and as pillow his folded arms will find happiness without further search.
gratitude needs imagine
Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. To see it a person only needs to imagine how it could be worse.
mean seeks superior
What the superior person seeks is in themselves. What the mean person seeks is in others.
heart
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart
inspirational knows quote-of-the-day seek worry worth
Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.
chinese-philosopher matter slowly
It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.
cannot stupidity wisest
It is only the wisest and the stupidest that cannot change.
above anyone below difficult either harsh hate men partial poverty prone towards unjust
It is because men are prone to be partial towards those they love, unjust to those they hate, servile to those above them, and either harsh or overindulgent to those below them in station, poverty or distress, that it is difficult to find anyone capa
animals differs mankind people throw
Mankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.
blossoming music stem strong virtue
Virtue is the strong stem of man's nature, and music is the blossoming of virtue.
continue failure remember unless wrong
To be wrong is nothing unless you continue to remember it
chinese-philosopher worst
To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.