Confucius Quotes
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What you do not wish upon yourself, extend not to others.
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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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What is necessary is to rectify names.
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A Nation's character is typified by its dancers.
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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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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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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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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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Time flows away like the water in the river.
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When frying small fish, disturb them little.
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When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.
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Those who are firm, enduring, simple and unpretentious are the nearest to virtue.
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On matters beyond his ken a gentleman speaks with caution. If names are not right, words are misused. When words are misused, affairs go wrong. When affairs go wrong, courtesy and music droop, law and justice fail. And when law and justice fail them, a people can move neither hand nor foot. So a gentleman must be ready to put names in speech, to put words into deeds. A gentleman is nowise careless of words.
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Watch their actions, observe their motives, examine wherein they dwell content; won't you know what kind of person they are?
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How transcendent is the virtue of the middle conduct! Rare for a long time has been its practice among the people.
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Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive.
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Let mourning stop when one's grief is fully expressed.
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People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.
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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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He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger... Men of superior mind busy themselves first getting at the root of things; when they succeed, the right course is open to them.
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To be fond of learning is near to wisdom.
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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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When young, beware of fighting; when strong, beware of sex; and when old, beware of possession.
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The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come.