“The really faithful lover of learning holds fast to the Good Way till death.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)
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Source: The 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
Source: 论语
“Not to mend one's ways when one has erred is to err indeed.”
Source: Lunyu
“Wisdom is rooted in watching with affection the way people grow.”
Source: Confucius: The Analects
“The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?”
Source: The Analects
“Sincerity is the way of heaven.”
Source: Confucian Analects: The Great Learning, and The Doctrine of the Mean
“The superior man is firm in the right way and not merely firm.”
“If a man in the morning hear the right way, he may die in the evening without regret.”
Source: The Chinese Classics: The life and works of Mencius
Source: Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)
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
Source: 论语
Source: 论语
Source: Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)
Source: The Confucian Analects, the Great Learning & the Doctrine of the Mean
Source: THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS
“You turn the handle the way it goes, not the way it ought to go”