Confucius wisdom

The Analects is not an easy book to read & understand. However, I did find a few things in there that resonated with me:

The Master said, “To fail to speak to a man who is capable of benefiting is to let a man go to waste. To speak to a man who is incapable of benefiting is to let one’s words go to waste. A wise man lets neither men nor words go to waste.”

The Master said, “He who gives no thought to difficulties in the future is sure to be beset by worries much closer at hand

The gentleman is troubled by his own lack of ability, not by the failure of others to appreciate him

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire

It is not an easy matter for a man who always has a full stomach to put his mind to some use

If by the age of forty a man is still disliked there is no hope for him

I’m sure others will find deeper meaning in this classic.