Authors
Confucius
551 BC – 479 BC
Confucius was a teacher and philosopher who lived in ancient China more than 2,500 years ago. He taught that kindness, respect, and lifelong learning build a good life and a fair society, though he spent much of his life traveling from state to state failing to convince rulers to adopt his ideas. His students collected his sayings into a book, the Analects, which centuries after his death became the foundation of China's civil service exams for over a thousand years and is still studied around the world today.
Quotes
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
“Study the past if you would define the future.”
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection; second, by imitation; third, by experience.”
“If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.”
“Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade.”
“Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.”
“Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters?”
“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”