To know what is the right thing to do and not do it is the greatest cowardice. Confucius More Quotes by Confucius More Quotes From Confucius Every piece of marble has a statue in it waiting to be released by a person of sufficient skill to chip away the unnecessary parts. Just as the sculptor is to the marble, so is education to the soul. It releases it. For only educated people are free people. You cannot create a statue by smashing the marble with a hammer, and you cannot by the force of arms release the spirit or the soul of people. Confucius skills teacher people One joy dispels a hundred cares. Confucius healing joy peace You do not understand even life. How can you understand death? Confucius understanding life death The person who is not strong enough gives up at the halfway point - but you are limiting yourself before even starting. Confucius giving-up strong enough Be loyal to yourself, charitable to neighbours, nothing more. Confucius neighbour charitable loyal Humanity is the equity of the heart. Confucius equity humanity heart Of all that Heaven produces and nourishes, there is none so great as man. Confucius inspirational love funny Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. Confucius motivational positive inspirational Don't worry about being acknowledged by others; worry about failing to acknowledge them. Confucius failing acknowledge worry Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire. Confucius boredom revenge blessing Study as if you have not reached your goal - hold it as if you were afraid of losing what you have. Confucius learning goal losing To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away. Confucius army military war Heaven, in the production of things, is sure to be bountiful to them, according to their qualities. Hence the tree that is flourishing, it nourishes, while that which is ready to fall, it overthrows. Confucius tree heaven fall How abundantly do spiritual beings display the powers that belong to them! We look for them, but do not see them; we listen to, but do not hear them; yet they enter into all things, and there is nothing without them. Confucius all-things spiritual looks Charity is that rational and constant affection which makes us sacrifice ourselves to the human race, as if we were united with it, so as to form one individual, partaking equally in its adversity and prosperity. Confucius sacrifice adversity race If I do not participate in the sacrifice, it is as if I did not sacrifice at all. Confucius sacrifice ifs Listen widely to remove your doubts and be careful when speaking about the rest and your mistakes will be few. See much and get rid of what is dangerous and be careful in acting on the rest and your causes for regret will be few. Speaking without fault, acting without causing regret: 'upgrading' consists in this. Confucius regret doubt mistake He who crosses the ocean twice without washing is a dirty double crosser. Confucius ocean crosses dirty On matters beyond his ken a gentleman speaks with caution. If names are not right, words are misused. When words are misused, affairs go wrong. When affairs go wrong, courtesy and music droop, law and justice fail. And when law and justice fail them, a people can move neither hand nor foot. So a gentleman must be ready to put names in speech, to put words into deeds. A gentleman is nowise careless of words. Confucius law hands moving Man who eat many prunes get good run for money. Confucius running life funny
