“Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.”
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
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Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
Source: Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“There is no body but eats and drinks. But they are few who can distinguish flavors.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)
“To throw oneself into strange teachings is quite dangerous.”
“If I do not participate in the sacrifice, it is as if I did not sacrifice at all.”
Source: The Analects of Confucius
Source: 论语
“Don't worry about being acknowledged by others; worry about failing to acknowledge them.”
“The tongue must be heavy indeed, because so few people can hold it”
“A youth is to be regarded with respect.”
Source: The Chinese Classics: The life and works of Mencius
“It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife”
“Not to mend one's ways when one has erred is to err indeed.”
Source: Lunyu
“Being strong does not mean that you never fall down, but that whenever you fall, you get up again.”
“To know what is the right thing to do and not do it is the greatest cowardice.”
“Keep it simple and focus on what matters. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed.”
“Which demands a lot of himself and some others, will be free from hatred.”
“The man who is master of himself drinks gravely and wisely.”
“It doesn't make a difference how gradually you go so long as you don't stop.”
“A ruthless man extends his ruthlessness from those he does not love to those he loves.”
Source: The Best of Confucius
“Every house guest brings you happiness. Some when they arrive, and some when they are leaving”
“Wisdom is rooted in watching with affection the way people grow.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)
“Knowing what's correct and not doing it, it's the worst cowardice.”
“If you don't know the life yet, how could be possible for you to know the death?”
“The vices come as passengers, visit us as guest and stay as masters.”
“Wisdom is worried for being slow in its speech and expeditious in its actions.”
“The highest kind of man is the one who does before talking and practices what he professes.”
“The love to Wisdom is getting closer to the own bright path.”