Confucius Quotes
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Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.
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A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.
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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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You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.
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A youth is to be regarded with respect.
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A gentleman considers justice to be essential in everything. He practices it according to the principles of propriety. He brings it forth in modesty and faithfully completes it. This is indeed a gentleman.
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You do not understand even life. How can you understand death?
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If the gentleman is not serious, he will not be respected, and his learning will not be on a firm foundation. He considers loyalty and faithfulness to be fundamental, has no friends who are not like him, and when he has made mistakes, he is not afraid of correcting them.
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The demands that a great man makes are on himself; those of a petty man are upon others.
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Don't do unto others what you don't want others to do unto you.
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The gentleman holds justice to be of highest importance. If a gentleman has courage but neglects justice, he becomes insurgent. If an inferior man has courage but neglects justice, he becomes a thief.
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The superior person gathers his weapons together in order to provide against the unforeseen.
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If one leads them with administrative measures and uses punishments to make them conform, the people will be evasive, but if one leads them with virtue, they will come up to expectations.
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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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The superior man is firm in the right way and not merely firm.
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To know your faults and be able to change is the greatest virtue.
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A knight whose heart is set upon the Way, but who is ashamed of wearing shabby clothes and eating coarse food, is not worth calling into counsel.
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Seek Not Every Quality In One Individual.
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Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety.
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Reading without thinking will confuse you.Thinking without reading will place you in danger.
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Don't be concerned about others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.
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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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Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
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Roads were made for journeys not destinations.