When you are ignorant about something, to know that you are ignorant about it - that is knowledge.
ConfuciusWhen it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
ConfuciusAt 15 I set my heart on learning; At 30 I firmly took my stand; At 40 I had no delusions; At 50 I knew the Mandate of Heaven; At 60 my ear was attuned; At 70 I followed my heart's desire without overstepping the boundaries of right.
ConfuciusThe superior man is universally minded and no partisan. The inferior man is a partisan and not universal.
ConfuciusThe Master said, "Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not abide them. Poverty and disgrace are things that all people hate, and yet unless they are avoided in the proper way I will not despise them. If the gentleman abandons ren, how can he be worthy of that name? The gentleman does not violate ren even for the amount of time required to eat a meal. Even in times of urgency or distress, he does not depart from it."
Confucius