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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U W Q X Y ZThe Way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure.
The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.
Author: Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu Look
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Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing.
Author: Aesop, The Goose with the Golden Eggs Look
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The gods help them that help themselves.
Author: Aesop, Hercules and the Wagoner Look
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Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.
Author: Confucius, The Confucian Analects Look
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The superior man...does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything; what is right he will follow.
Author: Confucius, The Confucian Analects Look
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The cautious seldom err.
Author: Confucius, The Confucian Analects Look
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The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
Author: Confucius, The Confucian Analects Look
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The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.
Author: Confucius, The Confucian Analects Look
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The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it.
Author: Confucius, The Confucian Analects Look
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To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.
Author: Confucius, The Confucian Analects Look
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The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
Author: Confucius, The Confucian Analects Look
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The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
Author: Confucius, The Confucian Analects Look
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The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life; and who does not forget an old agreement however far back it extends - such a man may be reckoned a complete man.
Author: Confucius, The Confucian Analects Look
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The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Author: Confucius, The Confucian Analects Look
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The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.
Author: Confucius, The Confucian Analects Look
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The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters.
Author: Confucius, The Confucian Analects Look
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To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue...[They are] gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.
Author: Confucius, The Confucian Analects Look
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There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth...lust. When he is strong...quarrelsomeness. When he is old...covetousness.
Author: Confucius, The Confucian Analects Look
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The road up and the road down is one and the same.
Author: Heraclitus, On the Universe Look
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Time as he grows old teaches all things.
Author: Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound Look
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