Quote #4261
The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may...
Category Archives: Confucius, The Confucian Analects
Quote #4244
He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the...
Quote #4262
While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits [of...
Quote #4245
acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions.
Quote #4263
To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.
Quote #4247
Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
Quote #4248
When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you...
Quote #4249
Things that are done, it is needless to speak about…things that are past, it...
Quote #4250
I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what...
Quote #4251
The superior man…does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything; what...