Source: The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide
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“There is nothing more visible than what is secret, and nothing more manifest than what is minute.”
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“Therefore the superior man is watchful over himself, when he is alone.”
Source: Doctrine of The Mean (or How to Achieve Equilibrium)
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.”
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
“Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?”
Source: Lun Yü
“A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”
Source: The Analects
“Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.”
“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”
Source: The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide
Source: The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide
Source: The Ethics of Confucius
“He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.”
Source: The Chinese Classics
“The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.”
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.”
“Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.”
Source: Confucian Analects
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.”
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.”
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
Source: Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.
“The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come.”
Source: The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism
“Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.”
“To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.”
Source: The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide
Source: The Analects
“Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.”
Source: The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide
“Choose a career you love and you will never have to go to work.”
“Confucianism strongly condemned the use of drugs like opium.”