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Konfuzius war chinesischer Philosoph zur Zeit der Östlichen Zhou-Dynastie. Zitate auf Englisch.
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“To see what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.”

Confucius

The Analects, Chapter I, Chapter II
Variante: To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle.
Kontext: To worship to other than one's own ancestral spirits is brown-nosing. If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.
Variant To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle.

“The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.”

Confucius

The virtuous is frank and open; the non-virtuous is secretive and worrying. [by 朱冀平]
Quelle: The Analects, Other chapters

“Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.”

Confucius

Book II, Chapter XV.
Quelle: The Analects, Other chapters