Showing posts with label Confucius. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Confucius. Show all posts

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Keep Progressing along Spiritual Path. {189.}

Keep Progressing along Spiritual Path. {189.}
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“It does not matter how slowly you go,
so long as you do not stop.”

---- Confucius, Chinese philosopher.
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Supremacy of Habits over Nature. {168.}

Supremacy of Habits over Nature. {168.}
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“Men’s natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart.”
---- Confucius.
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Sunday, July 25, 2010

Attain Equanimity and Maturity Thus. {161.}

Attain Equanimity and Maturity Thus. {161.}
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“Things that are done, it is needless to speak about ...
things that are past, it is needless to blame.”

---- Confucius; The Analects.
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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Self-respect Evokes Respect from Others. {126.}

Self-respect Evokes Respect from Others. {126.}
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“Respect yourself and others will respect you.”

---- Confucius {551 BC - 479 BC},
Chinese philosopher & reformer.
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Friday, June 18, 2010

Accepting One's Mistakes is Beneficial. {112.}

Accepting One's Mistakes is Beneficial. {112.}
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“Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.”

---- Confucius.
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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Key to Morality and Character. {105.}

Key to Morality and Character. {105.}
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“To see what is right, and not to do it,
is want of courage or of principle.”
---- Confucius.
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Friday, June 11, 2010

Responsible Awareness, Caution, & Security. {98.}

Responsible Awareness, Caution, & Security. {98.}
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“The superior person, when resting in safety,
does not forget that danger may come.
When in a state of security,
she does not forget the possibility of ruin.
When all is orderly,
she does not forget that disorder may come.
Thus, her person is not endangered,
and her states and all their clans preserved.”
---- Confucius, Chinese philosopher, 551 B.C. to 479 B.C.
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