Occupation: Philosopher Birth: 372 Bc Death: 289 Bc
The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual..
When Heaven is about to confer a great office on a man, it first exercises his mind with suffering, and his sinews and bones with toil ; it exposes h….
The great person never loses a childlike spirit..
To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one's life without knowing where it really leads; such….
If you know the point of balance, You can settle the details. If you can settle the details, You can stop running around. Your mind will become calm.….
The sole concern of learning is to seek one's original heart..
Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.
The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others..
Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things..
He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them..
There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it..
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination..
The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart..
He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich..
Charity is in the heart of man, and righteousness in the path of men. Pity the man who has lost his path and does not follow it and who has lost his ….
Truth uttered before its time is dangerous..
The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity..
Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight..
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom..
Friendship is one mind in two bodies..
Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do..