Art of Wisdom
Confucius
Confucius
“Pretentiousness is a reflection of one's cultural weakness.”
“You don't give a long answer to a person with a short mind.”
“You get to know people not when you meet them, but when you argue. Because anger reveals the hidden personality.”
“A wise person does not compete with anyone, so no one can compete with him.”
“Wisdom is knowing what you don't know by knowing what you know.”
“Many seek happiness higher than man, some lower. But happiness is at the height of man.”
“Follow those who know what they know. Wake up the one who does not know what he knows. Teach those who know what they do not know. Avoid those who do not know what they do not know.”
“The desire to win and the desire to achieve success, if combined, open the door to personal excellence.”
“He who cannot find peace within himself cannot find peace outside.”
“A person who does not learn and think is a loss. A person who does not think and learn is a great danger.”
“Those who know something do it, those who know little give advice, those who don't know criticize, those who can't do it throw mud.”
“You can argue with those who know, you can argue with those who do not know. But it is foolish to argue with those who think they know.”
“Talk to many, think with few, make decisions alone.”
“A mature person is not the one who speaks eloquently, but the one who does what he says and says what he can do.”
“Remember, if you go to sleep thinking that something cannot be done, you will wake up to the noise of someone else doing it.”
“If you know how to read, you will see that every human being is a book.”
“The strong is the one who knows his weakness better than anyone else; the stronger is the one who can dominate his weakness.”
“The man who thinks of justice even when he has something to gain is truly a great man.”
“Success is the accumulation of small efforts repeated every day.”
“A seed grows quietly, but a tree falls with a great noise. Destruction has a sound, but creation is silent.”
“If you don't talk to people worth talking to, you lose people; if you talk to people not worth talking to, you lose words. Be such a person that you lose neither people nor words.”
“Just as a diamond is not perfect without being chiseled, a human being cannot mature without suffering.”
“In the past, I used to listen to people's words and believe in their actions, now I listen to their words and watch their actions.”
“If what you have to say is not worth breaking the silence, please shut up!”
“If you want to enslave a nation, rot its language.”
“Good people always lose because they fight fair. Good people always lose because they are honest. Good people always lose because they don't care about winning.”
“A great person goes through three different processes. From a distance he looks tough, when you get close he is friendly. When he starts talking, he is determined.”
“Even if a man has enough knowledge, if he lacks the virtue to carry it, he will lose everything in the end, no matter what he gains.”
“It is the lack of love that makes people incompatible. It is miscommunication that makes enemies. It is apathy that destroys everything that is beautiful.”