“When the wind blows,the grass bends.”
Source: Thinking Through Confucius
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“The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.”
Source: The Analects of Confucius
“If you did not do so for the sake of riches,You must have done so for the sake of novelty.”
Source: The Analects
Source: Confucius: The Analects
Source: Lunyu
Source: The Analects
“The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.”
Source: The Analects
“Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.”
“You will never know how sharp a sword is unless it's drawn from its sheath”
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.”
Source: The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide
Source: Confucian Analects
Source: The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.”
Source: The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide
“Humankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)
“The demands that good people make are upon themselves; Those that bad people make are upon others.”
“Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.”
Source: Lun Yü
“What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?”
Source: Confucius: The Analects
“A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.”
“Even four harnessed horses cannot bring imprudent words back into the mouth.”
“If I understand Change, I shall make no great mistake in Life”
“Give a man a fish, feed home for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed for a lifetime.”
“We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living”