Man has three ways of acting wisely. First, on meditation; that is the noblest. Secondly, on imitation; that is the easiest. Thirdly, on experience; that is the bitterest. (Confucius)

Man has three ways of acting wisely. First, on meditation; that is the noblest. Secondly, on imitation; that is the easiest. Thirdly, on experience; that is the bitterest.

Confucius

Related topics

easy experience man three ways

Related quotes

Soon silence will have passed into legend. Man has turned his back on silence. Day after day he invents machines and devices that increase noise and distract humanity from the essence of life, contemplation, meditation. View quote
Jean Arp
Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art. View quote
Charlie Parker
The soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by man alone. View quote
Pythagoras
Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor. View quote
Thomas Jefferson
No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence. View quote
Thomas Carlyle