Confucio: Frasi in inglese (pagina 6)

“The Master said, “A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present.”
(Analects 2.11)”

“The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.”

“The Master said, “If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment.”

“The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.”

“roads were made for journeys not destinations”

“Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it.”

“Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be worth knowing.”

“By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.”

“The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.”
(Analects 4.16)”

“A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace.”

“The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.”

“No lake so still but it has its wave.
No circle so perfect but that it has its blur.
I would change things for you if I could; As I can't you must take them as they are.”

“Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away.”

“Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.”

“If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?”

“He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him;
He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him”

“Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.”

“When the wind blows, the grass bends.”

“Fix your mind on truth, hold firm to virtue, rely on loving kindness, and find your recreation in the Arts.”