About Confucius
Confucius (c. 551 – c. 479 BCE), born Kong Qiu, was a Chinese philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages. Much of the shared cultural heritage of the Sinosphere originates in the philosophy and teachings of Confucius. His philosophical teachings, called...
More quotations from Confucius
Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.
Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
More quotations tagged with “learning”
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.
I decided to start anew, to strip away what I had been taught.
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