tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83689306802002908022024-03-13T23:27:25.063-07:00Confucian WisdomA gathering of wise sayings and Chinese wisdom by the great sage Confucius
(孔夫子).Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368930680200290802.post-50158574335966430082008-02-24T13:23:00.000-08:002008-02-24T13:24:47.017-08:00Confucius on SecurityOn security Confucius said:<br /><br /><ul><li>"The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved."</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368930680200290802.post-79463535197382524662008-02-24T13:22:00.000-08:002008-02-24T13:23:35.961-08:00Confucius on IgnoranceOn ignorance Confucius said:<br /><br />"Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368930680200290802.post-77762557280193819582008-02-24T13:21:00.000-08:002008-02-24T13:22:33.074-08:00Confucius on SucessOf success Confucius said:<br /><br />"The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368930680200290802.post-12924555956645448282008-02-24T13:19:00.000-08:002008-02-24T13:20:59.180-08:00Confucius on Character FlawsOn personal flaws of character Confucius said:<br /><br /><ul><li>"When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them."</li><li>"When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves."</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368930680200290802.post-61413506752406620272008-02-24T13:18:00.000-08:002008-02-24T13:19:40.041-08:00Confucius on LeadershipOf leadership and proper planning Confucius said:<br /><br /><ul><li>"The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it."</li><li>"If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand."</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368930680200290802.post-9530169112666925362008-02-24T13:17:00.000-08:002008-02-24T13:18:25.132-08:00Confucius on ThriftOf excess and thrift Confucius said:<br /><br /><ul><li>"To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short."</li><li>"He who will not economize will have to agonize."</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368930680200290802.post-43023879126376142762008-02-24T13:12:00.000-08:002008-02-24T13:16:18.276-08:00Confucius on AngerOf anger Confucius said:<br /><br /><ul><li>"When anger rises, think of the consequences."</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368930680200290802.post-77387636961500126642008-02-24T13:10:00.000-08:002008-02-24T13:11:32.233-08:00Confucius on RespectOn respect Confucius said:<br /><br /><ul><li>"Respect yourself and others will respect you."</li></ul><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a title="Click for further information about this quotation" href="http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/28780.html"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368930680200290802.post-88951106025985760332008-02-24T13:09:00.000-08:002008-02-24T13:10:26.211-08:00Confucius on FriendshipOn friendship Confucius said:<br /><br /><ul><li>"Have no friends not equal to yourself."</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368930680200290802.post-4181386261949789852008-02-24T13:08:00.000-08:002008-02-24T13:09:07.763-08:00Confucius on FaithOn faith Confucius said:<br /><br /><ul><li>"Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles."</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368930680200290802.post-63738778296777263582008-02-24T13:05:00.000-08:002008-02-24T13:07:04.425-08:00Confucius on ModestyOn modesty Confucius said:<br /><br /><ul><li>"The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions."</li><li>"The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue."</li><li>"He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good."</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368930680200290802.post-49086022199723590452008-02-24T13:00:00.000-08:002008-02-24T13:21:55.550-08:00Confucius on EducationOn learning, Knowledge, and education Confucius said:<br /><br /><ul><li>"Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous."</li><li>"The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar."</li><li>"Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star."</li><li>"When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge."</li><li>"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."</li><li>"When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again."<br /><br /></li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368930680200290802.post-11804603742173971882008-02-24T12:59:00.000-08:002008-02-24T13:00:30.408-08:00Confucius on the Golden RuleOf the Golden Rule Confucius said:<br /><br /><ul><li>"What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others."</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368930680200290802.post-62068624554188818292008-02-24T12:54:00.000-08:002008-02-24T12:56:43.444-08:00Confucius on Moral CourageOn moral courage Confucius said:<br /><br /><ul><li>"To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage."</li><li>"To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle."</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368930680200290802.post-53770499328828808452008-02-24T12:43:00.000-08:002008-02-24T12:47:52.806-08:00Confucius on Virtue (generally)Of general virtue Confucius said:<br /><br /><ul><li>"I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it."</li><li>"Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand."</li><li>"The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete."</li><li>"The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue."</li><li>"The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration."</li><li>"To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue...[They are] gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness."</li><li>"Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue."</li><li>"Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors."</li><li>"When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again."</li><li>"To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness."</li><li>"Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue."</li><li>"He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it."</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368930680200290802.post-27270163811976457242008-02-24T12:35:00.000-08:002008-02-24T12:49:15.621-08:00Confucius on the Superior ManOn the Ideal or Superior Man Confucius said:<br /><br /><ul><li>"The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters."</li><li>"The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions."</li><li>"The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress."</li><li>"The superior man...does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything; what is right he will follow."</li><li>"There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth...lust. When he is strong...quarrelsomeness. When he is old...covetousness."</li><li>"What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others."</li><li>"The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions."</li><li>"What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others."</li><li>"The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved."</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368930680200290802.post-42279896241305609042008-02-24T12:32:00.000-08:002008-02-24T12:34:32.650-08:00Confucius on CautionOf caution Confucius said:<br /><br /><ul><li>"The cautious seldom err."</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368930680200290802.post-83185256311720002282008-02-24T12:24:00.000-08:002008-02-24T13:04:52.973-08:00Confucius on Kindness (and Forgiveness)Of kindness and forgiveness, Confucius said:<br /><br /><ul><li>"Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses"</li><li>"Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness."</li><li>"To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short."</li><li>"To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue...[They are] gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness."<br /></li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8368930680200290802.post-7260977987028711592008-02-24T11:28:00.001-08:002008-02-24T12:31:36.383-08:00Confucius on Mistakes<span style="font-style: italic;">On Mistakes Confucius said:</span><br /><br /><ul><li>"Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes."</li><li>"Study the past if you would define the future."</li><li>"When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves."</li><li>"Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame."</li></ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com