Friday, December 14, 2007

Confucius quotes:

About Confucius:
Confucius (551 BC – 479 BC) was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese thought and life.His teachings may be found in the Analects of Confucius, a collection of "brief aphoristic fragments", which was compiled many years after his death. Modern historians do not believe that any specific documents can be said to have been written by Confucius,but for nearly 2,000 years he was thought to be the editor or author of all the Five Classics such as the Classic of Rites, and the Spring and Autumn Annals

Confucius quotes:

"Silence is the true friend that never betrays."

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”

“Learn as though you would never be able to master it; Hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it”

“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”

“I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.”

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter.”

“I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.”

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall”

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”

“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.”

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