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The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell. - [Understanding] The superior man wishes to be slow in his words and earnest in his conduct. - [Moderation] The way of the superior man is threefold, but I am not equal to it. Virtuous, he is free from anxieties; wise, he is free from perplexities; bold, he is free from fear. - [Man] The wheel of fortune turns incessantly round, and who can say within himself, I shall to-day be uppermost? - [Fortune] There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship with the man of much observation: these are advantageous. Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued: these are injurious. - [Friendship] There has never been a man mean and at the same time virtuous. - [Meanness] Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it. - [Truth] To acknowledge our faults when we are blamed, is modesty; to discover them to one's friends in ingenuousness, is confidence; but to preach them to all the world, if one does not take care, is pride. - [Faults] To be able under all circumstances to practise five things constitutes perfect virtue: these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. - [Virtue] To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice. - [Cowardice] To lead an uninstructed people to war is to throw them away. - [War] To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must cultivate our personal life; and to cultivate our personal life, we must first set our hearts right. - [Order] To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness. - [Wickedness] True benevolence is to love all men. Recompense injury with justice, and kindness with kindness. - [Benevolence] Virtue is like the polar star, which keeps its place, and all stars turn towards it. - [Virtue] Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue. - [Virtue] We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves. - [Happiness] What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others. - [Self-examination] When anger rises, think of the consequences. - [Proverbs] When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war. - [Music] When we see men of worth, we should think of becoming like them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inward and examine ourselves. - [Example] When you know a thing, to recognize that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to recognize that you do not know it. That is knowledge. - [Knowledge] Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. - [Proverbs] Woman is the masterpiece. - [Women] Words are the voice of the heart. - [Words] Displaying page 4 of 5 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 [4] 5
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