Confucius Quotes
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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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Confucius say... politician is one who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after.
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Thought, unassisted by learning, is dangerous.
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But if you do not have the Tao yourself, what business have you spending your time in vain efforts to bring corrupt politicians into the right path?
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Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it.
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If an urn lacks the characteristics of an urn, how can we call it an urn?
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If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.
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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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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?
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To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.
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To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.
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The superior man loves his soul; the inferior man loves his property.
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There are some with whom we may study in common, but we shall find them unable to go along with us to principles. Perhaps we may go on with them to principles, but we shall find them unable to get established in those along with us. Or if we may get so established along with them, we shall find them unable to weigh occurring events along with us.
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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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Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.
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To be fond of learning is near to wisdom.
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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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When superiors are fond of showing their humanity, inferiors try to outstrip one another in their practice of it.
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Do not answer the person whose questions are vile. Do not question a person whose answers are vile.
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He who needs only coarse food, water and drink, and as pillow his folded arms will find happiness without further search.
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For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. We should be careful indeed what we say.
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Great is the man who can overcome the world, but greater still is the man who can overcome himself, for he will have the world spinning on the palm of his hand.
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I could see peace instead of this.
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Heaven is author of the virtue that is in me.