Confucius Quotes
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Kind words elicit trust. Kind thoughts create depth. Kind deeds bring love.
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While the gentleman cherishes benign rule, the small man cherishes his native land. While the gentleman cherishes a respect for the law, the small man cherishes generous treatment.
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He who merely knows right principles is not equal to him who loves them.
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A good man does not make a warrior, just as good steel does not go for nails.
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Study as if you have not reached your goal - hold it as if you were afraid of losing what you have.
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Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.
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The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.
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What you dislike in your superiors, avoid doing to your inferiors. What you dislike in your inferiors, avoid doing when working for your superiors. What you hate in those who are in front of you, do not do to those behind you.
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There are not the weeds the ones that drown the good seed, but the negligence of the peasant.
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Big head, target for enemy; big heart, target for friend.
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He who crosses the ocean twice without washing is a dirty double crosser.
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When things are investigated, then true knowledge is achieved; when true knowledge is achieved, then the will becomes sincere; when the will is sincere, then the heart is set right ; when the heart is set right, then the personal life is cultivated; when the personal life is cultivated, then the family life is regulated; when the family life is regulated, then the national life is orderly; and when the national life is orderly, then there is peace in this world.
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The superior man is universally minded and no partisan. The inferior man is a partisan and not universal.
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When strict with oneself, one rarely fails.
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Learning, undigested by thought, is labor lost.
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Silence is a true friend who never betrays.
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When we have intelligence resulting from sincerity, this condition is to be ascribed to nature; when we have sincerity resulting from intelligence, this condition is to be ascribed to instruction. But given the sincerity, and there shall be the intelligence; given the intelligence, and there shall be the sincerity.
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The really faithful lover of learning holds fast to the Good Way till death.
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As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances.
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The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism.
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What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is true wisdom.
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He who keeps danger in mind, is he who will rest safe in his seat; he who keeps ruin in mind, is he who will preserve his interests secure.
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The Master said, If out of the three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teachings, I would say 'Let there be no evil in your thoughts.'
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When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.