17 ideas
7893 | Our life is the creation of our mind [Anon (Dham)] |
7898 | The world is just the illusion of an appearance [Anon (Dham)] |
7357 | People who control others with fluent language often end up being hated [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
7358 | All men prefer outward appearance to true excellence [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
7362 | Humans are similar, but social conventions drive us apart (sages and idiots being the exceptions) [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
7894 | Hate is conquered by love [Anon (Dham)] |
7899 | Even divine pleasure will not satisfy the wise, as it is insatiable, and leads to pain [Anon (Dham)] |
7360 | Do not do to others what you would not desire yourself [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
7896 | The foolish gradually fill with evil, like a slowly-filled water-jar [Anon (Dham)] |
7897 | The wise gradually fill with good, like a slowly-filled water-jar [Anon (Dham)] |
7359 | Excess and deficiency are equally at fault [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
7363 | The virtues of the best people are humility, maganimity, sincerity, diligence, and graciousness [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
7895 | Don't befriend fools; either find superior friends, or travel alone [Anon (Dham)] |
7361 | Men of the highest calibre avoid political life completely [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
23393 | Confucianism assumes that all good developments have happened, and there is only one Way [Norden on Kongzi (Confucius)] |
8409 | Probabilistic causal concepts are widely used in everyday life and in science [Salmon] |
7900 | Speak the truth, yield not to anger, give what you can to him who asks [Anon (Dham)] |