Confucius
Confucius
Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
vices virtue should
If I am virtuous and worthy, for whom should I not maintain a proper concern?
deities worship should
We should worship as though the deity were present.
men poverty should
The superior man is anxious lest he should not get the truth; he is not anxious lest poverty should come upon him.
order should familiar
We should not be too familiar with the lower orders or with women,
men practice should
A man should practice what he preaches, but a man should also preach what he practices.
eye honor should
We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living
kindness should whole-life
Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.
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.