Tuesday, 16 December 2008

Quotes by Chinese philosopher-Confucious

· 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.

· Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

· Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

· Study the past if you would define the future.

· It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.

· Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

· Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

· What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.

· Respect yourself and others will respect you.

· To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

· When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn in-wards and examine ourselves.

· [The superior man] acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions.

· Have no friends, not equal to yourself.

· Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

· Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

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