If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.
ConfuciusWhat can a man do with music who is not benevolent?
ConfuciusTags: music benevolence
A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.
ConfuciusEven four harnessed horses cannot bring imprudent words back into the mouth.
ConfuciusIt is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
ConfuciusHe who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
ConfuciusTags: inspirational-quotes modesty dissembling immodesty unreliability
Don't use cannon to kill musquito.
ConfuciusThe Master said, “The gentleman does not serve as a vessel.”
(Analects 2.12)
Tags: capitalism greed honor dignity
The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!”
(Analects 6.11)
Tags: wisdom inspirational happiness
The Master said, “If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment.
ConfuciusTags: capitalism consumerism greed materialism profit
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