Life-changing quotes from Confucius

Confucius said: Learning without thinking is a waste, thinking without learning is peril. The following is what I carefully recommend for everyone. Welcome to read and collect it. I hope it will be helpful to you.

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1. His knowledge is within reach, but his stupidity is beyond reach.

Explanation: His intelligence can be learned, but others cannot catch up with his pretending to be stupid.

2. When quality is better than literature, it will be wild, and when literature is better than quality, it will be history. Be gentle and polite, then be a gentleman.

Explanation: If simplicity exceeds ornamentation, it will be rough; if ornamentation exceeds simplicity, it will be vain. Only when simplicity and ornamentation are in the right proportion can one become a gentleman.

3. Those who know something are not as good as those who are good at it, and those who are good at it are not as good as those who are happy.

Explanation: Those who understand it are not as good as those who like it; those who like it are not as good as those who take pleasure in it.

4. When a bird is about to die, its song is sad; when a man is about to die, his words are also kind.

Explanation: When a bird is about to die, its chirping sound is sad; when a person is about to die, its words are also kind.

5. If you are above the middle person, you can speak well; if you are below the middle person, you cannot speak well.

Explanation: Confucius said: People with above-average qualifications can be taught profound truths; people with below-average qualifications can hardly be taught profound truths.

6. The wise enjoy the water, and the benevolent enjoy the mountains. The wise are active, the benevolent are still, the wise are happy, the benevolent are long-lived.

Explanation: Smart people love water, and virtuous people love mountains; smart people are active, and virtuous people are quiet. Wise people are happy, and virtuous people live long.

8. They are similar in nature but far apart in habits.

Explanation: When people are born, they are all kind-hearted and have very similar temperaments. However, with the different changes and influences of their respective living environments, everyone's habits will vary.

9. If you learn without thinking, you will be in vain; if you think without learning, you will be in danger.

Explanation: If you study without thinking, you will be blinded by the appearance of knowledge; if you think without learning, you will be more dangerous because of doubts.

10. Isn’t it better to learn and practice it over time? Isn’t it a joy to have friends from afar? Isn’t it a gentleman to be surprised if you don’t know?

Explanation: Isn’t it a pleasure to learn and review and practice from time to time? Isn’t it gratifying to have like-minded people coming from afar? People don’t understand me, and I don’t resent or get angry. Aren’t I also a virtuous gentleman?

1. I examine myself three times a day

2. Be slow in speech but quick in deeds

3. Virtue is not alone; There must be neighbors

4. Listen to what they say and watch their actions

5. Be smart and eager to learn, and not ashamed to ask questions

6. Be gentle and polite, and then be a gentleman

7. Respect ghosts and gods and keep them at a distance

8. Tell but not write, believe but love the past

9. Feel as if you are facing an abyss or walking on thin ice

10. If you want to establish yourself, you should establish others; if you want to achieve yourself, you should achieve others

11. Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you

12. Be sensitive to things but cautious in what you say