Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
He who cannot describe the problem will never find the solution to that problem.
Confucius
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Confucius
Philosopher
Teacher
Writer
Zhongni
Confucio
Konfuzius
Kong Fuzi
Kongqiu
Kong Qiu
K'ung-fu-tzu
K'ung-tzu
Kongzi
K'ung Fu-tse
Kung Fu Tzu
Kung Fu-tse
Kongfuzi
Kong Fu Zi
Kungfutse
Problem
Find
Reasoning
Never
Describe
Solution
Math
Logic
Solutions
Cannot
More quotes by Confucius
When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature, we have the pedant.
Confucius
In the Book of Poetry there are three hundred poems, but the meaning of all of them may be put in a single sentence: Have no debasing thoughts.
Confucius
Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity.
Confucius
By gaining the people, the kingdom is gained by losing the people, the kingdom is lost.
Confucius
If there were an honorable way to get rich, I’d do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with a whip. But there isn’t an honorable way, so I just do what I like.
Confucius
Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses.
Confucius
Let every man consider virtue as what devolves on himself. He may not yield the performance of it even to his teacher.
Confucius
You will never know how sharp a sword is unless it's drawn from its sheath
Confucius
In vain I have looked for a single man capable of seeing his own faults and bringing the charge home against himself.
Confucius
Some are born with knowledge, some derive it from study, and some acquire it only after a painful realization of their ignorance. But the knowledge being possessed, it comes to the same thing. Some study with a natural ease, some from a desire for advantages, and some by strenuous effort. But the achievement being made, it comes to the same thing.
Confucius
When the multitude detests a man, inquiry is necessary when the multitude likes a man, inquiry is equally necessary.
Confucius
Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.
Confucius
The way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse the space that is near, and in ascending a height, when we must begin from the lower ground.
Confucius
The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.
Confucius
Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass.
Confucius
The rich fool is like a pig that is choked by its own fat.
Confucius
When you are ignorant about something, to know that you are ignorant about it - that is knowledge.
Confucius
An inch of time on the sundial is worth more than a foot of jade.
Confucius
The Man who says he can, and the man who says he can not.. Are both correct
Confucius
Faithfulness and sincerity first of all.
Confucius