Confucius (551–479 BCE) was a Chinese philosopher and politician. His principles of filial piety and the “Golden Rule” have had profound cultural and political impact throughout history, spreading from China around the world.
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The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: ‘If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?’ But the good Samaritan reversed the question: ‘If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?’
Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness.
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It is a very funny thing that the sleepier you are, the longer you take about getting to bed.
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We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and private: and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.
When we lose one blessing, another is often most unexpectedly given in its place.
Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.
A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you.
What you see and what you hear depends a great deal on where you are standing. It also depends on what sort of person you are.
But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.