I've always wanted to be in a conversation and say "well, as Confucius would say..." or "as Socrates so skillfully put it..." But sadly enough, I've read virtually nothing by or about either person. This I will have to get over
( Read more... )
I just came across your name in Meg's lj, and skimmed your entries. Are you a teacher? Just thought I'd say hi.. you seem rather interesting.. :)
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes. Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses. I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle. What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others. ^Just some things Confucius would, or did, say. Okay I'm done now.
Comments 3
Are you a teacher?
Just thought I'd say hi.. you seem rather interesting.. :)
Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle.
What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.
^Just some things Confucius would, or did, say. Okay I'm done now.
Reply
I am a therapist for children with Autism :0)
Thanks for the quotes and semi-quotes.
Thanks for the interest. I try to be!
Reply
Reply
Leave a comment