…of those who have become the spiritual and philosophical leaders of the race the great examples of beings like Buddha Confucius Christ all of these great teachers whom we have identified with the highest nobility of our attributes characteristics and talents…

…the whole moving gradually towards the positive polarity must overcome step by step the limitations of the untutored mind. Now, as Confucius pointed out, if the soul only had ignorance to contend with, it would be a simple matter. But it has something…

…The family is a group of persons bound together by blood or marriage, which is a kind of social unit, a little commonwealth. Confucius had much to say concerning the family. He declared it to be the microcosm of the state, and he pointed out very…

…up of minor irritation, not control, exhibited unwisely, will ultimately completely destroy human relationships. For these relationships, as Confucius pointed out, are built upon dignity. And dignity is an individual so well controlling himself that he will…

…so well controlling himself that he will not do or say anything that undermines the natural respect to which he is entitled. Confucius, therefore, coined the concept of the superior man. And in family, what is a superior person, whether man or woman? A…

…concept of the superior man. And in family, what is a superior person, whether man or woman? A superior person is one, as Confucius said, by nature so endowed that they have become incapable of an inferior action. Not that they control it, but that they…

…is not right. allow ourselves to deteriorate within our own nature and then expect good things to happen. They will not happen. So Confucius gives us a pretty good key to what might be termed the person of character. The person of character is one who…

…there is jealousy and bickering, then run the country yourself. You have no place in it for wise people. This was the opinion of Confucius of an earlier date. So these old monks used to come out of the mountains, run a country for a year, two years,…

…in their memories the remembrance of the Babylonian captivity. Therefore, this period was not a period of great happiness. China received Confucius at a time when China's culture were at a dangerous degree of decadence. And Confucius fought all his life to…

…a period of great happiness. China received Confucius at a time when China's culture were at a dangerous degree of decadence. And Confucius fought all his life to find one honest prince who would establish the proper reforms for the state. These men all…

…archetypes of what we know all human beings should be. Therefore, perhaps we think of Jesus or Buddha or Zoroaster or Confucius or Laozi, Socrates, Plato, Pythagoras. These were the people, to our thinking, who were most nearly complete people. We have a…

…But it was decided that it would be nice to open the day with a great thought from Socrates or a great line from Confucius or a wonderful verse of Plato to stop the young people off right. What happened? All the parents stormed the teacher's room down…

…The sixth century B.C. was one of the great centuries in the history of the world, where in that century Pythagoras, Buddha, Confucius, and Laozi, and Zoroaster, Svetlana, were all alive at the same time. We know that 600 years later was the beginning of…

…importance of early conditioning on the child is to contribute to the collapse of civilization. Mencius knew this, and so did Confucius. The neglected child is the greatest hazard that a nation can have. It is the greatest cause of the gradual corruption…

…can have. It is the greatest cause of the gradual corruption and disintegration of the social structure. This social structure, Confucius pointed out, consists at the beginning of certain recognitions and values. The family is a unit. The family is the…

…him, advance those who advanced him, and give greatest attention to those who brought the largest revenues. This was such that Confucius then retired from public life into his little school where he continued to teach until the time of his death. Plato…

…thinking there's no reason why it couldn't happen and there's no reason why these things can't happen in ourselves I think Confucius would say they must happen in ourselves first The first thing we've got to take care of is the rectification of…

…worldly goods to become a wandering mendicant. And as a result of that, he has become the most beloved person in Asia. Confucius was not practically penniless. He didn't have very much. but he lived a rather useful life. His last words were, I failed.…

…right. And in small things, we can all practice this, even though we are not able, perhaps, to immediately change governmental patterns. Confucius died of a broken heart in China And among his last words were that he found no prince who would accept his…

…some of these things then we will show that we are disciplined people. This was the concept beneath the philosophy of Confucius. Confucius declared that the human being is separated from the animal simply by the intellectual capacity to think. And that the…

…of these things then we will show that we are disciplined people. This was the concept beneath the philosophy of Confucius. Confucius declared that the human being is separated from the animal simply by the intellectual capacity to think. And that the human…

…a good hope. If we assume that the superior person is one who is above performing inferior actions, then we must admit that Confucius was very right, that he did have the answer to the whole thing. That the answer was not simply in abstract wisdom and…

…who have sought to bring to mankind a higher level of life. We know the great world teachers. We know Buddha and Moses and Confucius and Lao Tzu and Jesus, Muhammad, all the great teachers that have come to serve us. We know that almost all of them…

…broken heart. They have died and left with us something that has lived, but lived a precarious existence. Most people will admit that Confucius was a wise man, but so that was China 2600 years ago. So what? They are not prepared to face the simple fact…

…was a wise man, but so that was China 2600 years ago. So what? They are not prepared to face the simple fact that Confucius made as one of his closing statements in life. He says, I can find no master, no leader, no prince, Know the scholar who…

…a family. Races are families within that larger family. Personal homes are families. And as goes the home, so goes the world. Confucius pointed out very clearly that if the home fails, if family honors are not maintained, if the integrities of parents and…

…maintained, if the integrities of parents and children are not preserved, that nation will fall. Many have fallen from this ailment. We think Confucius is a pretty wise man So we keep on breaking all the rules of family. We are no longer able to even…

…want to be a cooperative world. We want to live in a civilization and in a culture that is appropriate to our needs. Confucius, who was one of the first great socialists of history, pointed out very clearly that the family is the microcosm or miniature…

…world control, it was a leap into a condition in which the rules of Karl Marx were to take the place of the laws of Confucius but it was a disaster Mao should have consulted the Yi kings and not Das Kapital he was not able to solidify and unify he…

…of jealousy and greed. It is actually the test the Greeks and the Egyptians took considered the family an initiation. So did Confucius. The family was the great symbol of human growth. And if the family is secure, as Confucius pointed out in his Analects,…

…the family an initiation. So did Confucius. The family was the great symbol of human growth. And if the family is secure, as Confucius pointed out in his Analects, if the family is secure, it supports the state. If the state is pure and true, it…

…might be bestowed upon another by his own actions. So all the way along you'll find little fragments in the teachings of Confucius, in the teachings of Lazi, of Buddha, of Muhammad, of all these teachers. There have been moralists among them, mystics in…

…a great pattern, a great symbolism, represented by the 47th proposition of Euclid. This represents the most important unit in society. Confucius points this out very clearly. Here is a pattern, a pattern which could be diagrammed and is diagrammed into many…

…the units of a balanced individual. just as surely as the parents and the child are the equilibrium of the family. Confucius pointed out that the family becomes, therefore, not only a representation of a personal equilibrium, not only represents a series of…

…sage, the obscure sage, The Naughty King was probably one of the most mysterious books ever written. This great mystic, who actually left Confucius in a state of internal confusion, Laozi, was born as a servant in the estate of a wealthy man. He had no…

…if we do this we will soon have the answer to most of the common questions now in China as we aforementioned the doctrines of Confucius though for a time outlawed by Mr. Mao are now back in fashion and it is now considered a part of education for the…

…is to live above them. The individual who is above certain conduct reminds us of the definition of the superior man by Confucius. A superior man is one who is above an inferior act. who will not compromise under any condition, will suffer if necessary…

…the difficulties at the grassroots we are going to have difficulties all the way along the line. There is no way of escaping this. Confucius pointed out that the basic unit of society was the home as goes the home so goes the nation and as goes the…

…think it was. But one thing is certain. The maturing, developing, and ennobling of the home is one of the laws of heaven. Confucius summed it up in a very simple statement 25 centuries ago when he said the strength of a nation depends upon the integrity…

…Aristotle, or one of the basic philosophers of the world, Immanuel Kant, or perhaps one of the greater oriental philosophers like Confucius or Buddha, the great experience is the unfurlment of the continuity, because step by step they should lead you from…

…and appetite. And the more he does this and the more consistently he continues it, the more miserable he becomes. So I think Confucius perhaps and Laozi and Mencius were very wise in certain things. namely that the beginning of a good life probably is to…

…good mature person. Well, I think we find maturity in many of the great teachers of the world. I think we find maturity in Confucius, who was one of the first to declare the values of life as far as the Eastern world is concerned. Confucius makes it…

…maturity in Confucius, who was one of the first to declare the values of life as far as the Eastern world is concerned. Confucius makes it very simple, very direct, that we are all here to help each other. And maturity is to achieve a distinguished…

…The good family, the mature family, will never contribute to delinquency nor contribute to crime. Of course, according to Confucius, the formalities, the proprieties, were the basis of maturity. Maturity is an expression of gratitude. It is the individual…

…also respects the potential within themselves which must be developed if the person is to become a mature individual. So Confucius put maturity as something to us would be almost perfection. something beyond anything we can really appreciate. But it's not…

…these innumerable overtones, these wonderful galandagios, or decorations of life, which are everywhere present if we pause to consider. Confucius and Laozi in China both considered mysticism as the opportune pause. They recognized it as resulting from the…

…the arts of China they look back into the pre-Christian period, they look back into the great dynasties that gave the world Confucius and Laozi, and even further back into the long, mysterious shadows of the Shang dynasty, a dynasty which has only but…

…comes the loss of culture, comes the decline of liberties, comes the end of respects and honors, And the simple code that Confucius and Mencius taught in China 2400 years ago or more has ceased. The simple dignities of life are gone. And gradually China…

…decrepitude sees this copper thing and says, ah, here is value. Here is something that must have actually come from the home of Confucius. Nothing could be as dilapidated as this and be less than a thousand years old. So a very beaming merchant sells it…

…really be true, factual, or real. But the sense of responsibility toward them becomes the basis of human character, as Confucius so clearly pointed out. Therefore, under our economic theory, we can delude ourselves, we can deceive ourselves, these are bad…

…trouble and what do you suppose that trouble is? the government of Taiwan has decided to build a 40-foot brown statue of Confucius this is because to these people Confucius is a very important figure of integrity and his interpreters as represented in the…

…trouble is? the government of Taiwan has decided to build a 40-foot brown statue of Confucius this is because to these people Confucius is a very important figure of integrity and his interpreters as represented in the dialects and so forth are among the…

…out before the objections are organized and on this little island with a few people most of whom are very very receptive to Confucius they're already in trouble over trying to build a statue of him one group says that there's only one likeness of him…

…on objecting they may have formed strikes and things of this kind to prove their end but the problem of the wisdom of Confucius has suddenly gotten lost no one has really said that the ideals of Confucianism are the things that are important The problem…

…Each must use his own integrity, his own ideals, and his own principles in order to accomplish this particular end. Confucius, in his study of society, made a very interesting statement ladder leading upward through the stratas of social structure. The…

…gradually becoming more or less a ground of activism. The home is the first problem that the individual must solve. According to Confucius, when the home is a proven success, it may be assumed that the members of it have intelligence enough to go higher…

…an expansion of these principles is applied to society in general, the affairs of nations will languish. above the home according to Confucius the next unit to be considered is the community now in China in his days communities were not very large the…

…natural resources conserve his energy and work together with other equally concerned persons in the preservation of his securities above this Confucius then listed the state as being the aggregate of the community They were all cells in the body of the…

…that very necessary condition in which we will live together in harmony and peace And that the, again, heaven will lead, as Confucius says. Heaven will lead and the earth will follow. We are in a condition where this is becoming increasingly apparent to…

…the great helpers in our times of need will not be forgotten. And for a moment, I'd like to discuss the part of Confucius in the ethical codes of mankind. Confucius was a typical Chinese, living at a time when China was in difficulty, as always, and…

…of need will not be forgotten. And for a moment, I'd like to discuss the part of Confucius in the ethical codes of mankind. Confucius was a typical Chinese, living at a time when China was in difficulty, as always, and the rest of the world was in…

…Chinese, living at a time when China was in difficulty, as always, and the rest of the world was in problem, as always. But Confucius had a very simple concept of what was necessary. This concept he called the propriety. He said there was a way of life…

…those who are really seeking to improve themselves and those who despotically are seeking to enslave others the proprieties according to Confucius constituted together the code of the human being The proprieties were the things we have to do to prove our…

…we have to do to prove our humanity. And the things we must not do or we deny our humanity. According to Confucius, there was no excuse, no apology, no possibility of forgetting or overlooking the despotisms of unenlightened beings. Much of humanity was…

…or the famous disciplines and commandments of Buddhism or the essential moral code of Vyasa or the great ethical code of Confucius. These are the codes upon which The unities of peoples can be logically and reasonably established. These codes in themselves…

…a reviver of beliefs. A similar type of revelation and revising took place all through the world. In China, Confucius restored the ancient faith. Laozi restored the ancient mystical tradition of the Far East. Buddha reformed Brahmanism. Muhammad attempted…

…intended we get into very serious complications One of the most uncomplicated thinkers in all time, I guess, was Confucius. Confucius was perfectly aware of what constituted a superior person. This superior person was a completely self-disciplined person. But…

…we get into very serious complications One of the most uncomplicated thinkers in all time, I guess, was Confucius. Confucius was perfectly aware of what constituted a superior person. This superior person was a completely self-disciplined person. But he…

…superior man was a perfectly adjusted person, not a person who was subject to various types of over-discipline or over-self-control. Confucius enjoyed life. He regretted that other scholars did not rise to cooperate in the reformation of China But he did…

…finding answers They want to do something in this world to really help their own growth and serve the needs of others. Confucius was one of the great teachers of the past. Nobody murdered him. He finally, however, admitted complete failure that no matter…

…of the past. Nobody murdered him. He finally, however, admitted complete failure that no matter where he went, no one cared. but Confucius pointed out very definitely that all of the reforms of society must begin as seeds in the private lives of persons…

…small humble beginnings which build and unfold and develop until they become the source of security for whole generations of people so Confucius began his philosophizing not by saying the world should change but saying let me look at myself and see if I…

…again because no one will have the nerve to go through it. And so in the end of the great leap into future, Confucius returned and became one of the most powerful forces in the development of modern Chinese communist policy. The same happened in the…

…free as they can. Therefore, family, for lack of that, for lack of the little horseshoe nail, the nation was lost. Because, as Confucius points out, when the family fails, the entire empire is ready to collapse. So as more and more homes fail today, more…

…his death was hastened with poison. Years later, along came Pythagoras, burned to death with his school by a fanatic. We find Confucius, his last words, I have failed. We find Lao Tzu completely disillusioned, riding off into the sands of Gobi on the back…

…which he taught. On the other side of the great waters in the islands of China and Korea, there was another great teacher, Confucius. Now, if there ever was a socialist, it was Confucius. And all the talks we have now about the mugwumps and the social…

…in the islands of China and Korea, there was another great teacher, Confucius. Now, if there ever was a socialist, it was Confucius. And all the talks we have now about the mugwumps and the social equalities and various modern groups, Confucius, 600 B.C.,…

…it was Confucius. And all the talks we have now about the mugwumps and the social equalities and various modern groups, Confucius, 600 B.C., was the most important leader in social reform. And the Analects of Confucius, his writings, convey to us clearly…

…social equalities and various modern groups, Confucius, 600 B.C., was the most important leader in social reform. And the Analects of Confucius, his writings, convey to us clearly the whole theory of life. He was the first to say that the entire structure…

…reformer was Zarathustra. In India the first great reformer probably of great importance was Buddha. In China the great reformer was Confucius. Each one of these and many others tried to call people to cling to the principles that were right. The wise…

…weakness. and is a cause of constant corruption in our way of life. Therefore, we find that religion helps to build homes. Confucius tells us that the strength of an empire depends upon the integrity of its homes, that when the home goes, civilization…

…the responsibilities of life must be restored and it must be regarded as the final indication of a truly superior person, that as Confucius said, they are above an inferior action. It is something that we can all work on to the best of our ability,…

…improvement of life. And let those who rule nations and rule communities rule from the standpoint of the same dedication that Confucius recognized and authorized and which we find clearly stated in the New Testament. Let us build a way toward this better…

…same generation, also, the most formal and perhaps one of the most respected men who ever lived, the philosopher Confucius, enriched China with a magnificent ethical doctrine. Confucius made no claims to any particular mystical insight. He claimed, however,…

…perhaps one of the most respected men who ever lived, the philosopher Confucius, enriched China with a magnificent ethical doctrine. Confucius made no claims to any particular mystical insight. He claimed, however, that he had a mission, a destiny, and that…

…was very largely a formal intellectualism. It was a deep and penetrating system. It was morally magnificent, ethically sublime. But Confucius himself left the lousy, all the mysteries of the faith. He lived a very solemn and informed teacher with tremendous…

…and each left an indelible mark upon the culture of his own time and the area in which he lived. China received Confucius and Laozi, who were contemporaries, although Laozi was the elder man. During the very lifetime of these men, India received Buddha,…

…not something that comes as a reward for a specialized training. It is a reward simply for the life of virtue, what Confucius calls the life of the superior persons. the person who is so integrated in himself that he is incapable of being over-influenced…

…of the rise of China? What do we know of the great classical Chinese civilization that must have long preceded Confucius and Laozi? Nothing. We only pick up China misgoverned and badly managed. exploited and corrupted, and gradually falling apart under…

…one time, some facts are a little difficult to historically date. But we can say this, Within 100 years, there flourished Confucius and Laozi in China, Buddha in India, the last of the Zoroasters in Persia, Pythagoras in Greece, and several lesser…

…600 BC, Persian culture was old. At the time of Buddha, we can say that Hinduism was decadent. At the time of Confucius and Laozi in China, we know that Chinese history was comparatively young and the culture comparatively strong. Therefore, we cannot say…

…as any system of slavery of the later world. Leutze was completely disillusioned with the mental, spiritual life of China. Confucius was seeking a restoration of just government for his people and the establishment of a higher level of cultural education…

…Crotona was the first formal educational institution in the Mediterranean area. There is much to indicate that the school of Confucius was the first broad, comprehensive curriculum of education introduced in China. And we know definitely that it was from…

…universal learning. For in these days, leadership in philosophy implied achievement in astronomy, mathematics, and music. And Pythagoras was a musician. Confucius was a musician. And these men in no sense of the word could be regarded as limited to what we…

…that was going to be captured on silk and also the great philosophy which was to be found in Mencius and Laozi and Confucius. All of these things were the result of the contemplation of nature. Instead of going to books where conflict is inevitable and…

…is valuable. Homes are something that are kept not for a generation but for many generations. In the old palace home of Confucius in China there are the moral tablets of 50 generations all preserved because they represent a great stream of moral force.…

…in China there are the moral tablets of 50 generations all preserved because they represent a great stream of moral force. Confucius is not recognized as a great scholar primarily although he was loved for his scholarship he was admired for being a…

…being one who really tried to live the principles that were just and right and so everywhere the home basically is the unit as Confucius says so goes the home so goes the Empire so that the beginning of religion in the modern world is not in the…

…lived long ago when everything was superstitious. You can't depend upon them any longer. You can't depend upon what Aristotle said or Confucius or Laozi. In fact, you can't even understand what some of them said. Well, the fact remains that many of them…

…have, there is no social order that can correct this for the young person. The determination lies with the individual. I think Confucius summed it up personally in a very great statement, namely, that no nation is more secure than the integrity of its…

…must be done is to strengthen the homes of the American people. When the home goes, we're gone. And it is weakening seriously. Confucius was the author of the famous statement, As goes the family, so goes the nation. And as so goes the nation, so goes…

…families. And I'm going to drop back 2,500 years to sum up the problem in a few words, very choice words by the philosopher Confucius of China. He said in simple terms, as go the homes, so goes the nation. No acceptance to that, no variations on it,…

…we regard as the proper level of civilization another interesting point I think to make is that a materialistic culture as both Confucius and Comenius pointed out is bound to fail there is no possibility of maintaining it because no one can behave whose…

…come back to the realization of what works. we have to realize that there's something more than a sham in the fact that Confucius taught that every living person should live as though his ancestors were in the room with him, seeing how he did it, and…

…right direction. The things that we are doing must be the right things. Our attitudes towards each other must be right. Confucius again brought out that problem very well in one of his discussions. Namely, that the beginning of civilization is one family…

…review that ends up with a golden rule or the ten commandments or the sermon on the mount or the wisdom of Confucius the teachings of Buddha the mathematical genius of Pythagoras the mysticism of Christ we have these things we don't even teach them…

…of the rise of China? What do we know of the great classical Chinese civilization that must have long preceded Confucius and Laozi? Nothing. We only pick up China, misgoverned and badly managed. exploited and corrupted, and gradually falling apart under…

…that have to be memorized. The only person who ever graduated from the examination of the classics with a perfect score was Confucius. There is even in Shiner a little deity that rules over the examinations in the university. It is the duty of this…

…The growing age of early Chinese culture was certainly the period for which produced within China the two greatest sage scholars, Confucius and Lao Tzu. These men flourished between the 5th and 6th centuries BC. And of them, China will never cease to…

…at least, had become partly an art shop, and the proprietress of the shop tried desperately to sell me a picture of Confucius. It was a scroll that was unspeakably bad, artistically. But to this Confucian lady, it was the symbol of all the good…

…poem that was inscribed on the scroll. And it is so typical, I think perhaps you would enjoy it. Wonderful, wonderful Confucius. Before Confucius, there was never a Confucius. At the time of Confucius, there was not another Confucius. And since Confucius,…

…was inscribed on the scroll. And it is so typical, I think perhaps you would enjoy it. Wonderful, wonderful Confucius. Before Confucius, there was never a Confucius. At the time of Confucius, there was not another Confucius. And since Confucius, there has…

…civilization such as China, which is not in any way primitive, which had its own teachers, its own leaders, which cherished Confucius and Laozi, and it was able to contribute something to the great rise of Chinese, Korean, and Japanese art. All these…

…carefully. We want to build back what Mencius called the child heart. Mencius, the great Chinese philosopher, second perhaps only to Confucius, and a very profound student of the Confucian code, was the one that pointed out beyond all things that the only…

…taught by Buddha. We know the renunciation of error taught by Lao Tzu. We know obedience to the rules of peace taught by Confucius. We also know the exact science of redemption as set forth by Pythagoras of Samos. These were the sons of Sapiens who gave…

…This is a very interesting thing We know, for instance, also that the Chinese people are now returning to Confucius and are allowing missionaries to return from various Christian denominations. Everywhere religion is creeping back. Why? Because these countries…

…of people each one with a different philosophy ethics morality spirituality but all dedicated to some value the time has come as Confucius and once he pointed out when these different values have got to get together It is no longer possible for the…

…better and in this way helping to build a better world for everyone. The world happeneth is vested in each individual citizen. Confucius said, the security of the empire depends upon the integrity of the home. Do we have solid homes? Why do we not…

…strongest of course are actually Christianity Buddhism and Hinduism and the philosophical idealism of China under the teachings of Confucius and Laozi. There are many others, however. All of these religions are united in one principle, namely the importance…

…as guides and aids to understanding. He seeks to know better and to live according to the teachings of Buddha or Jesus or Confucius or Lao Tzu because he believes these persons have lived well. He tries to draw upon the spiritual experience of his race…

…little better, it will order its equivalent to the Wall Street Journal. It will go right back to what it wants to do. Confucius made this observation years ago in China. that the individual is in some mysterious way so dominated by his own will that he…

…to that problem or to that condition which we might say that behold we have here the honorable person. We have what the Confucius might term the superior man, who is simply one who is superior to the performance of an inferior action. He cannot be made…

…with other peoples, efforts to define the nature of this absolute were considered more or less fruitless. Socrates, Pythagoras, Buddha, Confucius, Plato agreed primarily in the principle that to define the infinite is to defile the infinite These things are…

…to study man. To study man was to study China. And all of their arts and sciences were built upon this interrelationship. Confucius made a great deal of the magic interplay of heaven and earth. Heaven the forever bestowing, earth the forever receiving. Man…

…nature of this relationship, the part can never be divided from the all, except by an act of itself. Self-division. Self-isolation. Confucius then explained that a series of proprieties had to be set up between heaven and earth. And Confucius took the…

…Self-division. Self-isolation. Confucius then explained that a series of proprieties had to be set up between heaven and earth. And Confucius took the attitude that earth itself was the perfect model of deportment. In other words, all the deportment of men…

…is a power bestowed by heaven but a power also invested in earth a power in which the earth factor comes to immediate attention Confucius points out that man by his sight processes has two forms of vision one form of vision is to see the things of the…

…conscious life is concerned. The propriety is therefore regular. All of the relationships by means of which man must approach heaven. Confucius was not what we would term a devout man. I think a great many Confucian scholars have missed, however, that under…

…some insidious manner and alter the syndrome. You can't touch him head on. You can't tell him to change. But you can do what Confucius did. And Confucius was a very wise man in these matters. He said to his disciples, when you see the great prince who…

…and alter the syndrome. You can't touch him head on. You can't tell him to change. But you can do what Confucius did. And Confucius was a very wise man in these matters. He said to his disciples, when you see the great prince who is very arrogant,…

…The only thing you can fight will with is itself. And this is a kind of shadow boxing that seldom gets anywhere. So Confucius said, you can do this thing, but you must do it in an entirely different way. Wherever there is tremendous will intensity,…

…any mitigation of his own intensity by himself as only a symbol of weakness. He is going to be very hard to work with. So Confucius said, when you see the great willful prince who is going to do exactly as he pleases, Don't tell him about it at all.…

…a larger foundation in elevating emotional life. This is one of the important ideas that are found in the writings of Confucius. In his school in China, Confucius did not believe in the development of socialized education. He did not believe that wisdom…

…emotional life. This is one of the important ideas that are found in the writings of Confucius. In his school in China, Confucius did not believe in the development of socialized education. He did not believe that wisdom arose from the perfection of the…

…of the individual in any department of his life, but in the raising of the whole level of his being. Therefore Confucius instructed his disciples in many subjects. He invited them to consider a variety of refinements, realizing that everything that they'll…

…If he has this inner nutrition, he will not become a delinquent. But if this nutrition is lacking within himself, he will. Confucius gives us this formula so wonderfully. He points out that everyone says to young people, or to older people, be good. Do…

…banks and barriers against conduct. The decision, the real solution lies in building within the individual a total concept of integrity. So Confucius said, if you want a man to be honest in his dealings, teach him music. It will change him inside himself.…

…common experience in life? We must achieve it perhaps through re-education of values, the reorientation of our own attitudes toward life. Confucius gives us a rather interesting and important guide to the solution of our problem. He points out that the great…

…for him to master the principle of learning. The beginning of the secure, normal life of man is the attainment of what Confucius calls the superior state. The superior man, according to Confucius, is simply one in whose life the performance of an inferior…

…of the secure, normal life of man is the attainment of what Confucius calls the superior state. The superior man, according to Confucius, is simply one in whose life the performance of an inferior action is impossible. It's not a case where he's poured it…

…desired state of recognizing value, of becoming the superior person? It must be a pleasing, real pleasure, a pleasing community thing. So Confucius pointed out that the thing to do was to forget the problem of getting better. And in his school, which he…

…problem of getting better. And in his school, which he ran for a number of years after he retired from public life, Confucius simply forgot all about making people better. Rather, he taught them to enjoy themselves doing good things. He taught them to…

…the first sermon of Buddha seated at Sarnath along the side of the Indian Road, and in the wonderful works of Confucius and Laozi, that these have all struck certain identical chords, and that man had instinctively known that these were right, regardless…

…common sense, practical value, and do not stimulate unreasonable emotions or attitudes. This type of person is comparatively safe, as Confucius pointed out, and many of the older ones. Confucius said, well, you have an idea. Don't quote yourself. He said,…

…unreasonable emotions or attitudes. This type of person is comparatively safe, as Confucius pointed out, and many of the older ones. Confucius said, well, you have an idea. Don't quote yourself. He said, it is much better for you to find an appropriate…

…And I'm going to drop back 2,500 years to sum up the problem in a few words, very choice words by the philosopher Confucius of China. He said in simple terms, as goes the homes, so goes the nation. There's no exceptions to that, no variations on…

…we regard as the proper level of civilization another interesting point I think to make is that a materialistic culture as both Confucius and Comenius pointed out is bound to fail there is no possibility of maintaining it because no one can behave whose…

…back to the realization of what works. We have to realize that there's something more than a sham in the fact that the Confucius taught that every living person should live as though his ancestors were in the room with him, seeing how he did it, and…

…the right direction. The things that we are doing must be the right thing. Our attitudes towards each other must be right. Confucius again brought out that problem very well in one of his discussions, namely that the beginning of civilization is one family…

…review that ends up with a golden rule or the ten commandments or the sermon on the mount or the wisdom of Confucius the teachings of Buddha the mathematical genius of Pythagoras the mysticism of Christ we have these things we don't even teach them…

…was reality integrity and value and these people tried in their best way to prove this especially through the teachings of Confucius and Mencius they taught very very simply but very directly the importance of the family relationships one thing they pointed…

…of a person each one has the right to be treated as a person and to treat all others as a person but according to Confucius there was never a time in which a discord between parent and child was right there was never a time when the courtesies that…

…very necessary, and they're beginning to discover it, The Chinese have discovered it when they started to reopen the temples of Confucius and Mencius. It is being found throughout the world. And even Napoleon Bonaparte in his worst moments said that without…

…to learn what the Indian learned when he fed the old and the young first. We have to learn of a great responsibility and Confucius gave us a very great key to this that a surviving civilization has to have its integrities. Now how do we get these…

…salvation. We find it in the Ten Commandments. We find it in the teachings of Jesus, in the Buddha, Zoroaster, Hermes, Confucius, Lao Tzu, Pythagoras. All of these great people who were the real teachers of mankind pointed out this inevitable truth that…

…can go back to 2,500 years ago, and we realize that the reforms of Buddha, and also the great revelations of Zoroaster, Confucius, Leipzig, and other teachers of the time, had their roots in secular religion. Just as Judaism had its roots in Babylonian…

There's one point I must make in connection with this morning and that is that Confucius never had a computer. But there are certain facts involved in the life and teachings of this great scholar that might have influence and significance today. Confucius…

…But there are certain facts involved in the life and teachings of this great scholar that might have influence and significance today. Confucius lived mostly in the 6th century B.C. We know very little about his life except that he is believed to have…

…from an aristocratic but impoverished family that suffered from the numerous civil wars which afflicted China. We do not know that Confucius had extensive formal education. It is believed that he was mostly self-taught. and attained over a period of some 70…

…world. China's problems and difficulties and complications were miniatures of all others that preceded and followed them. And so Confucius had an adequate opportunity to understand the basic motivations of human life. As a result of his personal achievements,…

…have been many revivals of Confucianism These revivals began almost immediately after the death of the great sage. It is said that Confucius died of a broken heart. We're not sure of this, of course, but it is possible because he said on one occasion…