Confucius
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An influential Chinese philosopher and teacher, Confucius is best known for his teachings on ethics, family values, and social harmony. His philosophy stresses the importance of morality, proper conduct, and respect for tradition in shaping a just and orderly society. His emphasis on the cultivation of virtue in both rulers and citizens has had a profound and lasting impact on Chinese culture and philosophical thought for over two millennia.
Confucius
Quotes
An influential Chinese philosopher and teacher, Confucius is best known for his teachings on ethics, family values, and social harmony. His philosophy stresses the importance of morality, proper conduct, and respect for tradition in shaping a just and orderly society. His emphasis on the cultivation of virtue in both rulers and citizens has had a profound and lasting impact on Chinese culture and philosophical thought for over two millennia.
Coarse rice to eat, water to drink, my bended arm for a pillow - therein is happiness. Wealth and rank attained through immoral means are nothing but drifting clouds.
Please stop waiting for a better and more appropriate time to become happy and focus on the moment you live in. Happiness is not an arrival, it is the journey itself. Many people seek for happiness above the height of human beings, some below. Yet, happiness is exactly at the exact height of human beings.
The superior person is in harmony, but does not follow the crowd. The lesser person follows the crowd, but is not in harmony.
Better than the one who knows what is right is the one who loves what is right.
To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.
Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
A reasonable man adjusts himself to the world. An unreasonable man expects the world to adjust itself to him. Therefore all progress is made by unreasonable people.
Base yourself in loyalty and trust. Don't be companion with those who are not your moral equal. When you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it.
Without Goodness one cannot enjoy enduring happiness.
Cultivate the root; the leaves and branches will take care of themselves.
When words lose their meaning, people lose their liberty.
The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.
It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
A man who lacks reliability is utterly useless.
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.
Teachers open the door ... you enter by yourself.
Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. To see it a person only needs to imagine how it could be worse.
There are 1,000 lessons in defeat. But only one in victory.
By gaining the people, the kingdom is gained; by losing the people, the kingdom is lost.
A happy union with wife and child is like the music of lutes and harps.
