Confucius Quotes
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Do not unto another that you would hot have him do unto you. Thou needest this law alone. It is the foundation of all the rest.
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Don't do unto others what you don't want others to do unto you.
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Grieve not that men do not know you; grieve that you do not know men.
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It is better to play than do nothing.
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He who take cookie to bed have crummy night ahead.
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The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters.
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When music and courtesy are better understood and appreciated, there will be no war.
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From the loving example of one family a whole State may become loving, and from its courtesies, courteous; while from the ambition and perverseness of the one man the whole State may be thrown into rebellious disorder. Such is the nature of influence.
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To know your faults and be able to change is the greatest virtue.
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If Language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant. If what is said is not what is meant, then what ought to be done, remains undone.
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The requisites of government are that there be sufficiency of food, sufficiency of military equipment, and the confidence of the people in their ruler.
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Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.
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When you see a good man, think of emulating him; when you see a bad man, examine your own heart.
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Reading without thinking will confuse you.Thinking without reading will place you in danger.
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Past scholars studied to improve themselves; Today's scholars study to impress others.
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It is the way of the superior man to prefer the concealment of his virtue, while it daily becomes more illustrious, and it is the way of the mean man to seek notoriety, while he daily goes more and more to ruin.
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Men of principle are sure to be bold, but those who are bold may not always be men of principle.
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Chi Wen Tzu always thought three times before taking action. Twice would have been quite enough.
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Roads were made for journeys not destinations.
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The superior man, extensively studying all learning, and keeping himself under the restraint of the rules of propriety, may thus likewise not overstep what is right.
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The gentleman desires to be halting in speech but quick in action.
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At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of right.
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Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.
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Tsze-Kung asked, “Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?” The Master said, “Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.