Confucius Quotes
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Happiness is not at the top of the mountain, but in how to climb.
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Justice is like the north star, which is fixed, and all the rest revolve about it.
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Behave when away from home as though you were in the presence of an honored guest. Employ the people as though you were assisting at an important sacrifice. Do not do to others what you would not like yourself. Then there will be no feelings of opposition to you, whether it is the affairs of a state that you are handling or the affairs of a family.
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If you would govern a state of a thousand chariots (a small-to-middle-size state), you must pay strict attention to business, be true to your word, be economical in expenditure and love the people.
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There are 1,000 lessons in defeat. But only one in victory.
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Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.
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A superior man is one who is free from fear and anxieties.
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Labor, but slight not meditation; meditate, but slight not labor.
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Therefore the superior man is watchful over himself, when he is alone.
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Do not let a leader lead you on a bad path.
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The Man who says he can, and the man who says he can not.. Are both correct.
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He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him; He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him
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There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship with the man of much observation: these are advantageous. Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued: these are injurious.
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The Master said, The case is like that of someone raising a mound. If he stops working, the fact that it perhaps needed only one more basketful makes no difference; I stay where I am. Whereas even if he has not got beyond leveling the ground, but is still at work, the fact that he has only tilted one basketful of earth makes no difference. I go to help him.
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A man should practice what he preaches, but a man should also preach what he practices.
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Balance is the perfect state of still water. Let that be our model. It remains quiet within and is not disturbed on the surface.
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There are three things against which the wise man guards: lust when young, quarrels when strong, and covetousness when old.
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To give oneself ernestly to securing righteousness and justice among the people, and while respecting the gods and demons, to keep aloof from them, that may be called wisdom.
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Have no friends not equal to yourself.
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By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
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The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.
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The real fault is to have faults and not amend them.
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The inner nature of man is the province of Music.
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The gentleman calls attention to the good points in others; he does not call attention to their defects. The small man does just the reverse of this.