Ancient wisdom...

Durante o trabalho, em momentos de ócio, tomo a liberdade de aprender pequenas pérolas com a ajuda da maior biblioteca do mundo: a Internet. Hoje decidi fazer mais uma odisseia na wikipédia (saltar de link em link), onde descobri o Confucianismo, uma antiga filosofia bastante interessante que foi criada por um senhor chinês de seu nome Confúcio.
O Confucianismo é baseado em sólidos princípios morais, integridade, justiça, honestidade e muitos outros conceitos de ética e moral que fascinam pela sua antiguidade e que parecem ter sido esquecidos pela sociedade moderna. Quem ler os ditos de Confúcio, aperceber-se-á da facilidade que têm em soar bem nos nossos ouvidos, deixando-nos com a ideia de que é fácil tornar-mo-nos melhores pessoas e viver em sociedade duma forma correcta e honesta...

- Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life
- What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others
- A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions
- In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of
- It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop
- It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get
- It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them
- No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance
- Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall
- The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them
- The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large
- The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort
- The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell
- To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice
- Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors
- When anger rises, think of the consequences
- When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps
- Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts
- Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men

... e por fim, a minha preferida:

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand