Genius is the expansiveness of the intellect, the force of imagination and the activity of the soul. The way in which one receives his ideas is dependent on the way in which one remembers them

^ "Confucius". World History Encyclopedia.

^ Roger T. Ames (1998). The Analects of Confucius: A Philosophical Translation. Ballantine Books. p. [1]. Confucius is probably the most influential thinker in human history, if influence is determined by the sheer number of people who have lived their lives, and died, in accordance with the thinker's vision of how people ought to live, and die. Like many other epochal figures of the ancient world (...)

^ Shona Grimbly (2000). Encyclopedia of the Ancient World. Fitzroy Dearborn Readers. p. 1. The teachings of Confucius proved to be remarkably enduring and had a huge influence on Chinese society for much of the following 2,500 years