While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits [of the dead]?...While you do not know life, how can you know about death?

About Confucius

Confucius (孔子; pinyin: Kǒngzǐ; lit. 'Master Kong'; c. 551 – c. 479 BCE), born Kong Qiu (孔丘), 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...

More quotations tagged with “service”