There is one single thread binding my way together...the way of the Master consists in doing one's best...that is all. Confucius More Quotes by Confucius More Quotes From Confucius The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived. Confucius wise happiness long Excessive (population) growth may reduce output per worker, repress levels of living for the masses and engender strife Confucius population levels growth It is man that makes truth great, and not truth that makes man great. Confucius inspirational love funny Base yourself in loyalty and trust. Don't be companion with those who are not your moral equal. When you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it. Confucius loyalty spiritual mistake The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid. Confucius wisdom men life Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact. Confucius path perfect facts The superior person gathers his weapons together in order to provide against the unforeseen. Confucius skills together order Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito. Confucius inspirational love funny A gentleman does not promote a man on account of what he says; nor does he reject sayings, because the speaker is what he is. Confucius gentleman doe men He who remembers from day to day what he has yet to learn, and from month to month what he has learned already, may be said to have a love of learning. Confucius learning may love I'd rather die for speaking out, than to live and be silent. Confucius silent chinese hero Your eyes are always bigger than your stomach. Confucius stomach bigger eye The highest kind of man is the one who does before talking and practices what he professes. Confucius practice talking men He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed. Confucius chinese intelligent successful Be versed in ancient lore, and familiarize yourself with the modern; then may you become teachers. Confucius teaching may teacher Men do not stumble over mountains, but over mole hills. Confucius famous-inspirational mountain men Without that innate sense of human worth, a man cannot long endure adversity, nor can he long enjoy prosperity. Confucius adversity men happy-life Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things. Confucius faithfulness sincerity highest To know your faults and be able to change is the greatest virtue. Confucius faults virtue able If the gentleman is not serious, he will not be respected, and his learning will not be on a firm foundation. He considers loyalty and faithfulness to be fundamental, has no friends who are not like him, and when he has made mistakes, he is not afraid of correcting them. Confucius gentleman loyalty mistake
