Confucius Quotes
-
Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.
-
There is a growing interest in Confucianism in China and other parts of the world. More and more followers of Confucianism are advocating a deeper study of his philosophies. Confucius' ideals stand true even today. His philosophy on how to be a Junzi or the perfect gentleman is based on the simple ideology of love and tolerance.
-
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.
-
Of course you want to be rich and famous. It's natural. Wealth and fame are what every man desires. The question is: What are you willing to trade for it?
-
Knowledge is recognizing what you know and what you don't.
-
A workman who wants to do his work well must first prepare his tools.
-
From a grain of sand in the Pearl comes.
-
Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.
-
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.
-
Ceremonies are the first thing to be attended to in the practice of government.
-
The higher type of man clings to virtue, the lower type of man clings to material comfort. The higher type of man cherishes justice, the lower type of man cherishes the hope of favors to be received.
-
The superior person gathers his weapons together in order to provide against the unforeseen.
-
A gentleman can withstand hardships; it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
-
Listen much, keep silent when in doubt, and always take heed of the tongue; thou wilt make few mistakes. See much, beware of pitfalls, and always give heed to thy walk; thou wilt have little to rue. If thy words are seldom wrong, thy deeds leave little to rue, pay will follow.
-
I could see peace instead of this.
-
Be sincere and true to your word, serious and careful in your actions; and you will get along even among barbarians, But if you are not sincere and untrustworthy in your speech, frivolous and careless in your actions, how will you get along even among your own neighbors? When stand, see these principles in front of you; in your carriage see them on the yoke. Then you may be sure to get along.
-
Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?
-
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.
-
Future generation is the most important thing.
-
Confucius say... politician is one who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after.
-
To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.
-
Wealth and rank are what men desire, but unless they be obtained in the right way they may not be possessed. Poverty and obscurity are what men detest; but unless prosperity be brought about in the right way, they are not to be abandoned.
-
Clever talk and domineering manner have little to with being a Man at His Best.
-
He who remembers from day to day what he has yet to learn, and from month to month what he has learned already, may be said to have a love of learning.