"Learning without thinking is wasted labor."
Source not yet traced to a specific passage, so treat the exact wording as unverified. See disputed and misattributed quotes.
Not a Stoic. Confucius is classed as Contemplative & Other: Voices from outside the Greco-Roman tradition, included here for reflection. These are not Stoic in origin.
More quotes from Confucius
- "The beginning of wisdom is calling things by their true names."
- "Our glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
- "Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."
- "Learning without thinking is wasted labor; thinking without learning is dangerous."
- "An intelligent person learns from the mistakes of others, a common person learns from their own mistakes."