He who will not worry about what is far off will soon find something worse than worry close at hand.

人无远虑、必有近忧。

Confucius

Quoted in Analects

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Topic

Worry

Speaker

Confucius

Source

Analects

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Chinese

Time

221 BC 220s BC 3rd century BC

Occupation

Philosopher

From

China Asia

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Confucius. 論語 [The Analects]. c. 479 BCE.

Current Citation

Confucius. The Analects, edited and translated by Annping Chin. Penguin Classics, 2014.

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When one is at ease with himself, one is near Tao.

Zhuang Zhou

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Topic
Inner peace Self-assurance

Author

Zhuang Zhou
Source
Zhuang Zhou
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Chinese
Time
221 BC 220s BC 3rd century BC
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Zhou, Zhuang. 莊子 [Zhuangzi]. c. 221 BC, ch. 2.