Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator. Confucius More Quotes by Confucius More Quotes From Confucius If the people are governed by laws and punishment is used to maintain order, they will try to avoid the punishment but have no sense of shame. If they are governed by virtue and rules of propriety are used to maintain order, they will have a sense of shame and will become good as well. Confucius punishment law order Respect yourself and others will respect you. Confucius respect self-esteem life Good people strengthen themselves ceaselessly Confucius good-people people There is good government when those who are near are made happy, and when those who are afar are attracted. Confucius inspirational love funny The wise man admires water, the kind man admires mountains. The wise man moves, the kind man rests. The wise man is happy, the kind man is firm. Confucius wise men moving To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of what it means to be happy or content. Confucius letting-go happiness mean If my mind be not engaged in worship, it is as though I worshipped not. Confucius engaged worship mind The Man who says he can, and the man who says he can not.. Are both correct Confucius can-not men Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption. Confucius faults doe justice We should worship as though the deity were present. Confucius deities should worship The superior man, extensively studying all learning, and keeping himself under the restraint of the rules of propriety, may thus likewise not overstep what is right. Confucius study may men Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue. Confucius fine-words chinese vices What Heaven has conferred is called The Nature; an accordance with this nature is called The Path of duty; the regulation of this path is called Instruction. The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path. Confucius regulation may heaven When you are ignorant about something, to know that you are ignorant about it - that is knowledge. Confucius ignorant knows The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has. Confucius stress humility men Every man knows the smell of his own fart. Confucius fart smell men A knight whose heart is set upon the Way, but who is ashamed of wearing shabby clothes and eating coarse food, is not worth calling into counsel. Confucius clothes knights heart The requisites of government are that there be sufficiency of food, sufficiency of military equipment, and the confidence of the people in their ruler. Confucius government military people A fool marvels at rare things, but a wise man at common ones. Confucius philosophical wise men Heaven means to be one with God. Confucius inspirational love funny
