Confucius ( 10 of 124 )
Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue
is at hand.
Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! virtue
is at hand.
There are 3 elements essential in the matters of the State, Food, Military equipment, and Confidence of the people in read more
There are 3 elements essential in the matters of the State, Food, Military equipment, and Confidence of the people in the ruler.
Of these 3, Military Equipment is the least important, Food being the 2nd important, and Confidence of the people being the MOST important.
All men rather die of starvation than in war, but nevertheless all men do die of old age.
Lacking in Confidence from the people, a state cannot survive.
The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off,
but the will of even a read more
The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off,
but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.
With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a
pillow-I have still joy in read more
With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a
pillow-I have still joy in the midst of all these things.
Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star
Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star
He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.
He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.
Questions are the creative acts of intelligence
Questions are the creative acts of intelligence
He who will not economize will have to agonize.
He who will not economize will have to agonize.
A picture is a poem without words.
A picture is a poem without words.
