Confucius Quotes
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Girl who sit on Judge's lap get honorable discharge.
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The superior man * * * in regard to his speech * * * is anxious that it should be sincere.
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Acquire new knowledge whilst thinking over the old, and you may become a teacher of others.
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Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it.
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When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self.
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Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity.
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In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the target, he turns round and seeks for the cause of his failure in himself.
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Those who understands is not better than those who appreciates, those who appreciates is not better than those who enjoys.
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When a man is guided by the principles of reciprocity and consciousness, he is not far from the moral law. Whatever you don't wish for yourself don't do unto others.
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Charity, like the sun, brightens every object on which it shines.
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In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
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If I cannot get men who steer a middle course to associate with, I would far rather have the impetuous and hasty. For the impetuous at any rate assert themselves.
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A good man regards the root; he fixes the root, and ail else flows out of it. The root is filial piety; the fruit brotherly love.
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Knowing something is not as good as liking it. Liking something is not as good as rejoicing in it.
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In speaking, it is best to be clear and say just enough to convey the meaning.
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Don't use cannon to kill musquito.
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Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.
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The ideal teacher guides his students but does not pull them along; he urges them to go forward and does not suppress them; he opens the way but does not take them to the place.
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Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors.
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The love to Wisdom is getting closer to the own bright path.
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By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
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The superior man is firm in the right way and not merely firm.
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There is no body but eats and drinks. But they are few who can distinguish flavors.