Confucius Quotes
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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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The end of the day is near when small men make long shadows.
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Look closely into his aims, observe the means by which he pursues them, discover what brings him content - and can the man's real worth remain hidden from you?
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It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up.
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Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
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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.
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The Path is not far from man. When men try to pursue a course, which is far from the common indications of consciousness, this course cannot be considered The Path.
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The man of noble mind seeks to achieve the good in others and not their evil. The little-minded man is the reverse of this.
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Don't be concerned that you have no position; be concerned how you may fit yourself to occupy one.
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An angry man is full of poison.
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Among us, in our part of the country, those who are upright are different from this. The father conceals the misconduct of the son, and the son conceals the misconduct of the father. Uprightness is to be found in this.
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I have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women.
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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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Rate the task above the prize; will not the mind be raised? Fight thine own faults, not the faults of others; will not evil be mended?
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He who fails to prepare, prepares to fail.
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The injury of prodigality leads to this, that he who will not economize will have to agonize.
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The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me you don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step the man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
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Man is born with uprightness. If one loses it, he will be lucky if he escapes with his life.
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A workman who wants to do his work well must first prepare his tools.
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A gentleman can withstand hardships; it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet.
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An angry person is always full of poison.
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When the Superior Man eats he does not try to stuff himself; at rest he does not seek perfect comfort; he is diligent in his work and careful in speech. He avails himself to people of the Tao and thereby corrects himself. This is the kind of person of whom you can say, "he loves learning."
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Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?
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There is nothing impossible in all the world except that the heart of man is wanting in resolution.