Confucius Quotes
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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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To be fond of learning is near to wisdom.
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Those who are firm, enduring, simple and unpretentious are the nearest to virtue.
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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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In ancient times, those who wished to illuminate the world with virtue first brought order to their nations. Wishing to order well their nations, they first harmonized their families. Wishing to harmonize their families, they first cultivated themselves. Wishing to cultivate themselves, they first rectified their minds. Those who wished to rectify their minds first made their intentions sincere.
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Confucius say... politician is one who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after.
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The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.
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It is only the very wisest and the very stupidest who never change.
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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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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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If I understand Change, I shall make no great mistake in Life.
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Base yourself in loyalty and trust. Don't be companion with those who are not your moral equal. When you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it.
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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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The tongue must be heavy indeed, because so few people can hold it.
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One who has accumulated virtue will certainly also possess eloquence; but he who has eloquence doe not necessarily possess virtue.
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Don't use cannon to kill musquito.
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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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You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.
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Although your father and mother are dead, if you propose to yourself any good work, only reflect how it will make their names illustrious, and your purpose will be fixed.
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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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Charity, like the sun, brightens every object on which it shines.
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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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An inch of time on the sundial is worth more than a foot of jade.