Quote #96
The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.
More from Confucius
- Study the past if you would divine the future.
- They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
- Respect yourself and others will respect you.
- To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.
- It does not matter the number of times we fall but the number of times we rise when we fall.
- To love a thing is to want it to live.
- It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
- To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.