Confucian Quote by Patrick Mendis

Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief concern of the Chinese people.

— Hu Shih

“No doubt Confucius, as a person and as represented in the written tradition, is suffering an eclipse in Communist China because he is associated…

— James R. Ware

“According to a Confucian view, there are four steps in social develpment, wrote Wilhem (Sr.). There are the individual, the family, the state, and…

— Hellmut Wilhelm

“I believe that the world's stability and prosperity will depend on how well China and the West understand each other, trust each other, and…

— Helen H. Wang

“The United States is the result of an enlightened philosophy; China is the outcome of traditions and history.”

— Patrick Mendis

The 'harmonious world' theory .. will help dispel doubts in the international community about China's continued development and refute the absurd 'China threat theory'.

— Ye Xiaowen

“A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution and that too great an emphasis on total mastery over…

— Henry Kissinger

“Confucius, the philosopher and politician who was born in the sixth century B.C.E. He acquired a place in Chinese history akin to that of…

— Evan Osnos

“In the Chinese version of exceptionalism, China did not export its ideas but let others come to seek them.”

— Henry Kissinger

“The philosophic goal in China was a search for harmony and perfection, not the discovery of truth by reasoning. In China’s Confucian society, the…

— Patrick Mendis

“Balance-of-power diplomacy was less a choice than an inevitability. No state was strong enough to impose its will; no religion retained sufficient authority to…

— Henry Kissinger

“Today’s China is an artifact of an extended and contentious history while the relatively young American Republic is a daring project informed by the…

— Patrick Mendis