Confucius
Ancient China
-551 // -479
Philosopher / Moralist
-551 // -479
Philosopher / Moralist
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In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of
If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?
If we don't know life, how can we know death?
If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself
I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good
He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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