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Confucius
Kong Qiu, known in the West as Confucius, was a teacher and minor official from the state of Lu in China's Spring and Autumn period. His sayings, gathered by his followers in the Analects, became the heart of the Confucian tradition, with its care for humaneness, ritual propriety and learning.
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“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”
— Confucius, Analects 15 (Wei Ling Gong), tr. James LeggeWatch on YouTube: Brené Brown on Empathy ↗Brené Brown discusses empathy, the heart of this rule“Perfect is the virtue which is according to the Constant Mean! Rare for a long time has been its practise among the people.”
— Confucius, Analects 6.27 (Yong Ye), tr. James Legge“When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it;-- this is knowledge.”
— Confucius, Analects 2.17 (Wei Zheng), tr. James Legge“To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.”
— Confucius, Analects 2.24, tr. James Legge“Do not be desirous to have things done quickly; do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.”
— Confucius, Analects 13.17, tr. James Legge“He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being the object of resentment.”
— Confucius, Analects 15.14, tr. James Legge“There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship with the man of much observation:-- these are advantageous.”
— Confucius, Analects 16.4, tr. James Legge“The filial piety of now-a-days means the support of one's parents. But dogs and horses likewise are able to do something in the way of support;-- without reverence, what is there to distinguish the one support given from the other?”
— Confucius, Analects 2.7 (Wei Zheng), tr. James LeggeWatch on YouTube: TED-Ed: Who was Confucius? ↗TED-Ed introduces Confucius“He acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions.”
— Confucius, Analects 2.13 (Wei Zheng), tr. James Legge“Is it not pleasant to learn with a constant perseverance and application?”
— Confucius, Analects 1.1 (Xue Er), tr. James LeggeWatch on YouTube: The first 20 hours | Josh Kaufman ↗Josh Kaufman discusses this idea“Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.”
— Confucius, Analects 2.15, tr. James Legge“I do not know how a man without truthfulness is to get on.”
“A man should say, I am not concerned that I have no place, I am concerned how I may fit myself for one.”
— Confucius, Analects 4.14, tr. James Legge“To have faults and not to reform them,-- this, indeed, should be pronounced having faults.”
— Confucius, Analects 15.29, tr. James Legge