Confucius Quotes
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The person who is not strong enough gives up at the halfway point - but you are limiting yourself before even starting.
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The strongest memory is not as strong as the weakest ink.
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To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.
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They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
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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.
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Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption.
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If I understand Change, I shall make no great mistake in Life.
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To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.
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All wisdom is rooted in learning to call things by the right name. When things are properly identified, they fall into natural categories and understanding becomes orderly.
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Excessive (population) growth may reduce output per worker, repress levels of living for the masses and engender strife.
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The main object of conciliation lies in reaching a solution to a case based upon morals and with a warm heart.
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A blemish may be removed from a diamond by careful polishing, but evil words once spoken cannot be effaced.
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When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.
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The gods should certainly be revered, but kept at a distance... . The way is not beyond man; he who creates a way outside of man cannot make it a true way. A good man is content with changing man, and that is enough for him.
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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.
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Don't use cannon to kill musquito.
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He who chases two rabbits, catches none.
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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.
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In a hamlet of ten households, there are bound to be those who are my equal in doing their best for others and in being trustworthy in what they say, but they are unlikely to be as eager to learn as I am.
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Let mourning stop when one's grief is fully expressed.
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When young, beware of fighting; when strong, beware of sex; and when old, beware of possession.
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The superior man, even when he is not moving, has a feeling of reverence, and while he speaks not, he has the feeling of truthfulness.
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There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.
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There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of his passions; and when old, of covetousness, especially.