Confucius’s ten most classic sentences in the Analects are as follows:

1. When three people walk together, there must be a teacher like mine

Appreciation: From "The Analects of Confucius·Shuer" : When three people walk, they must have a teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and choose the bad ones and change them.

There must be many people walking together, and there must be someone among them who can be my teacher. I must choose his strengths to learn from, and regarding his shortcomings, I must reflect in time to see if I have the same problem, if so. It must be corrected in time.

This sentence of Confucius fully reflects his spirit of being open-minded and studious and consciously improving personal cultivation. It has been highly praised for thousands of years.

2. Learning without thinking means nothing, thinking without learning means peril

Appreciation: This sentence discusses the relationship between learning and thinking: just reading without thinking will lead to failure. You will be confused and gain nothing; if you just dream without studying in a down-to-earth manner, you will be mentally exhausted and gain nothing. Therefore, learning must be combined with thinking in order to learn true knowledge.

3. If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools

Appreciation: From "The Analects of Confucius: Wei Linggong": Zigong Wen is benevolent. Confucius said: "If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools. If you live in this country, you should be a wise man who serves its officials and befriend its benevolent scholars."

As the saying goes, "A sharpened knife will not make a mistake in cutting." "Chai Gong", whether it comes from the folk language of the masses or the wise sayings of the saints, is consistent in guiding practice.

4. Don’t talk about things that have already happened, don’t admonish them for things that have happened, and let bygones be bygones

Appreciation: There is no need to talk about things that are a foregone conclusion, there is no need to correct things that are already close to completion, and there is no need to correct past mistakes. No need to pursue further.

5. If you are not in your position, don’t seek your government

Appreciation:

If you are not in that position, don’t think about the things in that position. The simple and straightforward truth advocates that people should perform their duties, behave in their own way, and not exceed their authority or violate etiquette.

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

Appreciation:

This is an important principle in how we deal with interpersonal relationships. If you impose anything on others, It will only arouse the other party's resentment and unhappiness, and easily lead to conflicts or disputes.

7. People who have no long-term worries must have immediate worries.

Appreciation: A person without long-term considerations will definitely have immediate worries.

8. A gentleman seeks everything from himself, while a villain seeks everything from others.

Appreciation: By extension, it can also be understood as: a gentleman is strict with himself, while a villain will do everything possible to be demanding of others.

It is difficult for a person to change himself, so how can he have the ability to change others? Therefore, always demanding others is nothing more than asking for trouble.

9. Haste makes waste, and small gains mean big things will fail.

Appreciation: Don’t ask for speed in everything, and don’t be greedy for small gains. Seeking for speed will fail to achieve the goal, and greed for small gains will not achieve great things.

10. When making friends with others, promote those who are strong and avoid those who are weak, so it can last for a long time.

Appreciation: Such a simple and true truth shows that although the Analects of Confucius is very old and very old, every sentence in it still has a strong role in guiding practice today.