Sublime

Confucius said: “Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.”

17. The Master said, ‘When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self.’

Confucius was passing by Mount Tai when he saw a distraught woman weeping by a grave. Resting his hands on the wooden bar at the front of his carriage, he listened to her wailing. Then, he sent a student to speak the following words: “A great misfortune must have befallen you, that you cry so bitterly.” She answered, “Indeed it is so. My husband an

CONFUCIUS says, “To hear of the Tao in the morning is to die content by nightfall” (Lunyu: 4.8).

Confucius insistait sur le rôle des bonnes manières semblables à l’huile qui assure le bon fonctionnement des rouages de la société. Il est logique que dans les sociétés mues par un idéal collectif, les bonnes manières et les rituels soient de la plus haute importance alors que dans les sociétés basées sur la compétitivité, les manières ne sont qu’

Hui-neng says, “By merit is meant the respect and support of gods and people. When bodhisattvas practice charity, they seek nothing in return. Hence, the merit they receive is as immeasurable as the sky.”

CHUANG-TZU says, “The ancients ruled the world by doing nothing. This is the Virtue of Heaven. Heaven moves without moving” (Chuangtzu: 12.1).

For a wise man should ask questions, not only for his own benefit but also for the benefit of others.