Confucius says: “The gem cannot be polished without friction”
Confucius says: “The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.”
Category Confucius
Confucius says: “The funniest people are the saddest ones”
Confucius says: “The funniest people are the saddest ones”
Confucius says: “The demands that good people make are upon themselves”
Confucius says: “The demands that good people make are upon themselves; Those that bad people make are upon others.
Confucius says: “The ancients who wished to illustrate illustrious virtue throughout the kingdom”
Confucius says: “The ancients who wished to illustrate illustrious virtue throughout the kingdom, first ordered well their own states. Wishing to order well their states, they first regulated their families. Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated their persons.…
Confucius says: “Sincerity becomes apparent…”
Confucius says : “Sincerity becomes apparent. From being apparent, it becomes manifest. From being manifest, it becomes brilliant. Brilliant, it affects others. Affecting others, they are changed by it. Changed by it, they are transformed. It is only he who…
Confucius says: “Silence is a true friend who never betrays”
Confucius says: “Silence is a true friend who never betrays.”
Confucius says: “Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away”
Confucius says: “Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away.”
Confucius says: “Roads were made for journeys not destinations”
Confucius says: “Roads were made for journeys not destinations.”
Confucius says: “Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance”
Confucius says: “Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.”
Confucius says: “Not to discuss with a man worthy of conversation is to waste the man”
Confucius says: “Not to discuss with a man worthy of conversation is to waste the man. To discuss with a man not worthy of conversation is to waste words. The wise waste neither men nor words.”