Confucius
Confucius
Confucius was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryChina
equal future regarded youth
A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do you know that his future will not be equal to our present?
home youth respectful
A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad, respectful to his elders.
youth
A youth is to be regarded with respect.
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.
wisdom
To know that you know, and to know that you don't know - that is the real wisdom.