GIZELLE KAYE P. QUINCO BSCE 5 CONFUCIUS SAYINGS Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Confucius Life, Simple, Making The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. Confucius Motivational, Win, Personal 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 bitterest. Confucius Wisdom, Experience, May Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. Confucius

Confucius was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese and Vietnamese thought and life. His philosophy emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. This list looks at some of his greatest quotations all of which are as applicable to us today as they were when he wrote them in the fourth century BC. 1 Quotes 1 5

2. Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star. 3. It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. 5. What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others. 2 Quotes 6 10

6. They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. 7. I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there. 8. If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand. 9. Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

10. Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. Confucius 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 bitterest. Confucius Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. Confucius Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it. Confucius Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. Confucius If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake. Confucius He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions. Confucius Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. Confucius tags: education, inspirational, life, perseverance Wherever you go, go with all your heart. Confucius Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. Confucius The funniest people are the saddest once Confucius To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it. Confucius Study the past if you would define the future. Confucius tags: direction, future, history, learning, moving-forward, past, strategy

Silence is a true friend who never betrays. Confucius You cannot open a book without learning something. Confucius Respect yourself and others will respect you. Confucius, Sayings of Confucius What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others. Confucius Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others. Confucius I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. Confucius Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. Confucius It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs. Confucius The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life. Confucius When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points. Confucius The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid. Confucius The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method? Confucius Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without. Confucius The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials. Confucius Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change. Confucius

The Sayings of Confucius. The Harvard Classics. 190914. I [1] THE MASTER said: In learning and straightway practising is there not pleasure also? When friends gather round from afar do we not rejoice? Whom lack of fame cannot vex is not he a gentleman? [2] Yu-tzu 1 said: A dutiful son and brother is seldom fond of thwarting those over him: a man unwilling to thwart those over him is never given to crime. A gentleman nurses the roots: when the root has taken, the truth will grow; and what are the roots of love, but the duty of son and of brother? [3] The Master said: Honeyed words and flattering looks seldom speak of love. [4] Tseng-tzu 2 said: Thrice daily I ask myself: Have I been unfaithful in dealing for others? Have I been untrue to friends? Do I practise what I preach? [5] The Master said: To guide a land of a thousand chariots, honour business, be true and sparing, love the people, and time thy claims upon them. [6] The Master said: The young should be dutiful at home, modest abroad, heedful and true, full of goodwill for the many, close friends with love; and should they have strength to spare, let them spend it upon the arts. [7] Tzu-hsia 3 said: If a man honour worth and forsake lust, serve father and mother with all his strength, be ready to give his life for the king, and keep faith with his friends; though men may call him rude, I call him learned. [8] The Master said: Of a gentleman who is frivolous none stand in awe, nor can his learning be sound. Make faithfulness and truth thy masters: have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults. [9] Tseng-tzu 4 said: Respect death and recall forefathers, the good in men will again grow sturdy. [10] Tzu-chin 5 said to Tzu-kung 6: The Master, on coming to a country, learns all about the government: does he ask, or is it told him? Tzu-kung said: The Master learns it by his warmth and honesty, by politeness, modesty, and yielding. The way that the Master asks is unlike other mens asking. [11] The Master said: As long as his father lives a son should study his wishes; after he is

dead, he should study his life. If for three years he do not forsake his fathers ways, he may be called dutiful. [12] Yu-tzu 7 said: In daily courtesy ease is of price. This was the beauty of the old kings ways; this they followed in small and great. But knowing this, it is not right to give way to ease, unchecked by courtesy. This also is wrong. [13] Yu-tzu said: If promises hug the right, word can be kept: if attentions are bounded by courtesy, shame will be banished: heroes may be worshipped, if we choose them aright. [14] The Master said: A gentleman who is not a greedy eater, nor a lover of ease at home, who is earnest in deed and careful of speech, who seeks the righteous and profits by them, may be called fond of learning. [15] Tzu-kung said: Poor, but no flatterer; rich, but not proud. How were that? Good, said the Master; but better still were poor, yet merry; rich, yet courteous. Tzu-kung said: Where the poem says: If ye cut, if ye file, If ye polish and grind; is that what is meant? The Master said: Now I can talk of poetry to thee, Tzu. Given a clue, thou canst find the way. [16] The Master said: Not to be known should not grieve you: grieve that ye know not men.

Confucius says: The Top 10 Wise Confucius Quotes written by Myrko Thum in Inspiration 38 Comments Confucius is one of the most quoted personalities ever. He is so popular that there is a special Confucius says joke-selection, I mean who can say to have this kind of achievement ;) Confucius, whose name literally means Master Kong, lived 551-479 BCE. He was a Chinese thinker and philosopher, whose teachings have deeply influenced not only Asian thought and life. He presented himself as a transmitter who invented nothing and he really pointed out the importance of learning, which is one reason he is seen by Chinese people as The Greatest Master.

One of the best known sources of Confucius are The Analects, a collection of his teachings, which was compiled many years after his death. A fountain of extremely mindful and wise Confucius quotes springs from these ancient descriptions. Many of them are universal and timeless in their beautiful and simple truth and they are as valid today as on the day they left Confucius mouth. Here we take a look at 10 of the most inspiring quotes by Confucius. Confucius says 1. Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself. [Tweet this!] Its the Golden Rule and the essence of real compassion. Not compassion as in looking down on someone and have pity for another, this is no real compassion. Compassion means seeing another person 100% equal to yourself (in value, not in differentials on the surface which ultimately do not matter). In fact it is seeing yourself in every other person. And therefore you cannot harm anyone without also harming yourself. It doesnt mean to lose individuality or self-worth, on the contrary but the other person earns the same gift. 2. Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance. [Tweet this!] Thats my personal favorite quote since it expresses something very profound which also is very useful to know: Ignorance is a willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge. It is to not widen ones own perspective in order to see a broader truth. An example it would be to have racist thoughts and not realizing that all men are equal. The ultimate truth therefore is where there is absolutely no ignorance, meaning where the perspective or consciousness has become one with all that there is. In Buddhism ignorance (Avidy) is seen as the primary cause of suffering. Liberation is Enlightenment. Another quote by Confucius here is Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star. 3. I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. [Tweet this!] Those quotes are just perfect. What he is expressing here is that we have to experience something ourselves in order to really understand it. If we are hearing something it might be interesting. If we are seeing something it might be beautiful. But only if we have it happening to ourselves actively doing it we can really know how it is. Picture something nice as winning an Olympic gold medal or picture something terrifying as the loss of a loved one. Can you know this by hearing it or by seeing it? Or do you have to do it and experience it yourself to really know it? Along with this realization comes the awareness that you cannot understand someone or his actions from hearing or seeing it from the outside. You have to feel empathic compassion for him to really know what it is

like. To know and not to do is really not to know. Only by applying our knowledge we can validate its harmony with reality, its truth. 4. Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.[Tweet this!] Amazing. It calls for dropping the inner mask through which we constantly see and evaluate the world, distorted by our wants and belief-systems. Here we have to look at things as they are. Just like a newborn child would look at things. Then we are able to really see again, without instant labeling of what we see and therefore only really seeing our label. If we become able to do this just for a second without judgment, we can see that everything in nature is as it should be. And in this natural perfection lies beauty. 5. The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage. [Tweet this!] Another quote is The object of the superior man is truth. It is the value of integrity: Do we act to our best knowledge of truth or do we bend ourselves and violate our integrity in order to gain an advantage? Do we play fair game or use perfidious tactics? To be truthful to ourselves is also important to the development of (good) character. And it is the only straight way to liberation. 6. Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. [Tweet this!] Whatever you do and whatever you commit to, do it fully, give your all one hundred percent. It is the essence of Carpe Diem Seizing the day and its surely the best way to be satisfied with what we do and get the best results. 7. Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do. [Tweet this!] There is no failure, there are only valuable learning experiences. Or as Thomas Edison about inventing the light bulb said: I have not failed, Ive just found 10,000 ways that wont work. The important thing is not giving up, but learning and then improving by using this feedback to get better and ultimately succeed. A quote expressing the same principle is A man who has committed a mistake and doesnt correct it, is committing another mistake. 8. He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger. [Tweet this!] Confucius explains the connection of learning and reflection. Reflection of that what we learned by thinking or of the results we get by applying the knowledge. Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous is a similar quote by Confucius. Learning is only useful if we connect the learning within our own minds, with what we already know and what is useful for us. This reflection of any knowledge also saves us from blindly following any knowledge without checking its truthfulness and validity to us. I think everybody experienced learning when we really want this knowledge and interweave it with what we already know. If there is a need or problem we want to solve, we consume knowledge much more effective than it happens for students in many universities. 9. He that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools. [Tweet this!]

The tomb of Confucius in China. Photo by Rolf Mller. This quote calls for planning and preparation. This includes getting and improving the personal skills we need to be successful. If we want to hold speeches we have to become good with communication skills. If we want to win a race we have to train for it. If we want to do a big project we need knowledge in project management. Steven Covey calls it Sharpening the saw, read about it here . 10. If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?[Tweet this!] It shows that our primary work lies within ourselves: to work on ourselves and improve will automatically take care of the outside world if we use our abilities then. When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves. The solution to problems is not out there. It is the Inside-Out approach: success and happiness can only be found by working on ourselves. It also entails the spiritual message to look inside and to discover ourselves fully.