Study the past if you would divine the future

Quote by Confucius

Topics: Future Quotes, Past Quotes, Study Quotes

I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.

I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.

Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it

Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.

Learning without thought is labor lost; and thought without learning is perilous.

Learning without thought is labor lost; and thought without learning is perilous.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

To be in ones own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the...

To be in ones own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the...

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom...

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom...

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

Anyone who angers you conquers you

Anyone who angers you conquers you

May you be born in an important time

May you be born in an important time

He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.

He who wished to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.

To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are...

To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are...

It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife.

It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife.

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north...

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north...

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.

To love a thing means wanting it to live.

To love a thing means wanting it to live.

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

So great has been the endurance, so incredible the achievement, that, as long as the...

So great has been the endurance, so incredible the achievement, that, as long as the...

Love and compassion are the mother and father of a smile. We need to create...

Love and compassion are the mother and father of a smile. We need to create...

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.