Quote #4279
By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
Category Archives: Confucius, The Confucian Analects
Quote #4280
To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue…...
Quote #4281
There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth…lust. When he...
Quote #4264
He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that...
Quote #4282
Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character...
Quote #4265
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
Quote #4266
The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed...
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...
Quote #4252
When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we...