Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
With melted snow I boil fragrant tea.
The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart
Only when there are things a man will not do is he capable of doing great things.
Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue.
The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it.
Filling with food, Warming with clothes, Living leisurely without learning, It is little short of animals.
That's like climbing a tree to find a fish.
Friends are the siblings God never gave us
A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
A great man is he who has not lost the heart of a child.
The feeling of right or wrong is the beginning of wisdom
People are distressed by their inability to do it. The problem, however, is simply that they don't do it.
Sincerity is the way to Heaven.
Treat others as you would be treated. Devote yourself to that, for there’s no more direct approach to Humanity.
Integrity, wisdom, skill, intelligence – such things are forged in adversity.
221. "Great is the man who has not lost his childlike heart."~
Don’t do what should not be done, and don’t desire what should not be desired. Abide by this one precept, and everything else will follow.
We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
Getting something done is like digging a well. You can dig a well seventy feet deep, but if you don’t hit water it’s just an abandoned well.
I am not fond of disputation; I have no alternative.
Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do vigorously what they ought to do.
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
The root of the kingdom is in the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.
Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land.
Without effective protection of the citizens' right to property, it will be difficult to attract and accumulate valuable capital.
People can have a long-term life plan only if they know their private property is secure.
Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.
Truth uttered before its time is always dangerous.
Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.
A trail through the mountains, if used, becomes a path in a short time, but, if unused, becomes blocked by grass in an equally short time.
Only when a man will not do some things is he capable of doing great things.
He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart.
The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the least.
Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.
There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
If Confucius wasn't born, the long night would have no bright lamp.
Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
I like fish, and I also like bear's paws. If I cannot have the two together, I will let the fish go, and take the bear's paws. So, I like life, and I also like righteousness. If I cannot keep the two together, I will let life go, and choose righteousness.
