Confucius
Confucius
Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
animals differs mankind people throw
Mankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.
attention business country economy employment love men people proper reverent rule thousand
To rule a country of a thousand chariots, there must be reverent attention to business, and sincerity; economy in expenditure, and love for men; and the employment of the people at the proper seasons.
spiritual people world
Love should start from people close to us, then be extended to other people, to strangers, and eventually to the world
people acting may
The people may be made to follow a path of action but they may not be made to understand it.
people force certain
You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it.
people may remember
Tell people - and they may forget... show them - they may remember... but involve them and they will understand.
class people disappear
When people are educated, the distinction between classes disappears.
hate names people
The Master said, “Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not abide them. Poverty and disgrace are things that all people hate, and yet unless they are avoided in the proper way I will not despise them. “If the gentleman abandons ren, how can he be worthy of that name? The gentleman does not violate ren even for the amount of time required to eat a meal. Even in times of urgency or distress, he does not depart from it.” (Analects 4.5)
men water people
The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!” (Analects 6.11)
people good-people demand
The demands that good people make are upon themselves; Those that bad people make are upon others.
animal people littles
Humankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.
people worry joy
To study and constantly, is this not a pleasure? To have friends come from far away places, is this not a joy? If people do not recognize your worth, but this does not worry you, are you not a true gentleman?
wise spiritual people
When a person should be spoken with, and you don't speak with them, you lose them. When a person shouldn't be spoken with and you speak to them, you waste your breath. The wise do not lose people, nor do they waste their breath.
people desire be-good
If your desire is for good, the people will be good.