147 things from this book went into her brain. Here are the first 6.
In The Analects, Confucius's disciple Zengzi checked himself each day on three points: was he faithful in business for others, sincere with friends, and did he practise what he had been taught.
In The Analects, Confucius held faithfulness and sincerity as first principles, and told people not to fear abandoning their faults.
In The Analects, Confucius says a person aiming for virtue does not chase comfort, is earnest in his work, careful in speech, and keeps company with people of principle.
In The Analects, Confucius says he will not mind people failing to know him, but he will mind that he does not know other people.
In The Analects, Confucius argues that people led by laws and punishment avoid the penalty without shame, while people led by virtue and propriety become good.
In The Analects, Confucius traces his own growth, from setting his mind on learning at fifteen to following his heart without going against what is right at seventy.
In The Analects, Confucius warns that learning without thought is wasted effort, and thought without learning is dangerous.
In The Analects, Confucius says a superior man acts first and speaks afterwards, so that his words follow from what he has done.
In The Analects, Confucius says a leader who presides with gravity, treats people with kindness, and advances the good while teaching the less capable wins loyalty and effort.
In The Analects, Confucius defines knowledge simply: to know what you know, and to admit what you do not know.
In The Analects, Confucius says a person without truthfulness cannot get on, just as a carriage cannot move without the yoke that joins it to the animals.
In The Analects, Confucius says that at festive ceremonies it is better to be sparing than extravagant, and at mourning to feel real sorrow rather than fuss over details.
In The Analects, Confucius says a person of virtue has no need for quarrels, and even in a contest bows to his rivals and stays a gentleman.
In The Analects, Confucius shows humility in learning: on entering the grand temple he asked about everything, and he treated that questioning as proper conduct.
In The Analects, Confucius says that what is already done need not be talked over, what has run its course need not be argued, and what is past need not be blamed.
In The Analects, Confucius says that ritual without reverence and high position without generosity are empty, and he could not bear to look on such ways.
In The Analects, Confucius says that riches and honours obtained by improper means should not be kept, and that a person of virtue does not act against virtue even for the length of a meal.
In The Analects, Confucius says that a superior person thinks of virtue and what is right, while a small person thinks of comfort and easy favours.
In The Analects, Confucius says a person should worry less about having no position than about fitting himself for one, and less about not being known than about being worthy to be known.
In The Analects, Confucius warns that someone who always acts for his own advantage will be much complained against.
In The Analects, Confucius says the ancients were slow to speak because they feared their actions would fall short of their words.
In The Analects, Confucius says that people with a ready tongue often make enemies, and that smooth talk is no proof of virtue.
In The Analects, Confucius changed how he judged people: once he took their words on trust, and later he watched what they actually did.
In The Analects, Confucius admires a man who was active, fond of learning, and not ashamed to ask those beneath him, which earned him a title of honour.
In The Analects, Confucius praises Zichan as humble in conduct, respectful to superiors, kind in caring for the people, and just in ordering them.
In The Analects, Confucius praises Yan Ping for keeping the same respect in a friendship however long it lasted.
In The Analects, Po-i and Shu-ch'i are praised for not keeping old wrongs in mind, so the resentment they drew was small.
In The Analects, Confucius despairs of anyone who cannot see his own faults and inwardly accuse himself.
In The Analects, Confucius's wish is to give rest to the aged, sincerity to friends, and tenderness to the young.
In The Analects, Confucius names Yan Hui as the disciple who loved learning, who did not vent his anger on others and did not repeat a mistake.
In The Analects, Confucius says a person of high character helps those in distress rather than adding to the wealth of those who already have plenty.
In The Analects, Confucius admires Yan Hui for staying cheerful on very little in a poor lane, because his joy did not depend on his circumstances.
In The Analects, Confucius ranks learning in three steps: those who know the truth are below those who love it, and those who love it are below those who delight in it.
In The Analects, Confucius says that where substance outruns polish we get rusticity, where polish outruns substance we get the manners of a clerk, and balance makes a person of virtue.
In The Analects, Confucius says a superior person can be led to the edge of a well but not into it, and can be imposed upon but not fooled.
In The Analects, Confucius says that helping others to stand is part of standing oneself, and that the art of virtue is to judge others by what is near in oneself.
In The Analects, Confucius lists four things to hold to: set the will on the path of duty, grasp every good attainment firmly, live by perfect virtue, and find relaxation in the arts.
In The Analects, Confucius says he does not open up a subject to someone who is not eager to learn, and if a person cannot take the other three corners from one, he does not repeat the lesson.
In The Analects, Confucius says that riches and honours obtained by unrighteousness are to him like a floating cloud, and that he still finds joy in very simple living.
In The Analects, Confucius says that when he walks with two others, one of them may serve as his teacher, and he takes their good qualities and avoids their bad.
In The Analects, Confucius describes the second kind of knowledge as hearing much, choosing what is good and following it, and keeping much in memory.
In The Analects, Confucius says that to pretend to have what one lacks, and to appear full while empty, makes it hard to keep constant to anything.
In The Analects, Confucius says the hardest thing for him is to carry out in conduct what he professes, more than skill in letters.
In The Analects, Confucius says the superior person is satisfied and composed, while the small person is always full of distress.
In The Analects, Zengzi recalls a friend who was gifted yet asked those less gifted, was full yet counted himself empty, and did not answer insults with argument.
In The Analects, Confucius says a person in high position should keep away from violence and carelessness in conduct, stay close to sincerity in expression, and avoid vulgarity and impropriety in speech.
In The Analects, Zengzi says a leader's load is heavy and his course long, because perfect virtue is the burden he carries, and it ends only with death.
In The Analects, Confucius says people can be led along a path of action, but cannot always be made to understand it.
In The Analects, Confucius says a learner should study as if they could never reach their goal, and always fear losing hold of it.
In The Analects, Confucius praises Yu for simple food and clothes, yet for pouring all his strength into the work of channels and ditches.
In The Analects, Confucius says a person can be free of fixed conclusions, arbitrary predeterminations, obstinacy and self-centredness.
In The Analects, Confucius does not claim to have knowledge, but when even a humble person asks him something, he explains it fully from one end to the other.
In The Analects, Confucius compares learning to raising a mound: stopping before the last basket is one's own choice, and each basket added is one's own going forward.
In The Analects, Confucius says that strict admonition is valuable only if it leads to a change in conduct, and gentle advice is valuable only if it draws out a person's aims.
In The Analects, Confucius says the wise are free from perplexity, the virtuous from anxiety, and the bold from fear.
In The Analects, when the stable burned Confucius first asked whether anyone was hurt, and did not ask about the horses.
In The Analects, Confucius takes responsibility for the burial of any friend who has no relatives able to see to it, saying he will bury them.
In The Analects, Confucius praises Min Ziqian as a man who speaks seldom, but when he does, always hits the point.
In The Analects, Confucius asks whether a person whose speech seems solid and sincere is truly a superior person, or whether his gravity is only in appearance.
In The Analects, Confucius says a great minister serves his ruler according to what is right, and retires when he cannot do so.
