Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
Quote by Confucius
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Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
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Confucius Quotes
- He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
- The object of the superior man is truth.
- Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?
- Death and life have their determined appointments riches and honors depend upon heaven.
- Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.
- Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.
- The cautious seldom err.
- It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
- The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
- The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.
Best Quotes
- To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do.
- My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.
- The first holy truth in God 101 is that men and women of true faith have always had to accept the mystery of God's identity and love and ways. I hate that, but it's the truth.
- What is especially important is addressing the question of how religion can be enforced through political means and what can be done to create a political environment that, on the one hand, acknowledges the role of religion in society, while on the other hand does not impose one religion on the populace at the expense of all others.
- Liberal Democrats are inexorably opposed to tax cuts, because tax cuts give people more power, and take away from the role of government.
- To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
- The public is not to see where power lies, how it shapes policy, and for what ends. Rather, people are to hate and fear one another.
- To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
- Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists.
- The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.