It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.
Tag: Confucius
When anger rises, think of the consequences.
He who will not economize will have to agonize.
While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits [of the dead]?…While you do not know life, how can you know about death?
While the gentleman cherishes benign rule, the small man cherishes his native land. While the gentleman cherishes a respect for the law, the small man cherishes generous treatment.
In his errors a man is true to type. Observe the errors and you will know the man.
It is only the benevolent man who is capable of liking or disliking other men.
If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said