Showing posts with label Confucius. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Confucius. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

The Scheme of things

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get. - Confucius

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Back Home

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.  - Benjamin Franklin 


The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. - Confucius 

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Ancient Chinese Secret

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's own ignorance. - Confucius  (From Oxymoronica)

Perhaps our political leaders could benefit from this insight. Well, to be honest, who wouldn't benefit from a little more humility about their certainty and insight.