Confucius Quotes
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What you do not wish upon yourself, extend not to others.
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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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To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.
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When young, beware of fighting; when strong, beware of sex; and when old, beware of possession.
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Therefore only through education does one come to be dissatisfied with his own knowledge, and only through teaching others does one come to realize the uncomfortable inadequacy of his knowledge. Being dissatisfied with his own knowledge, one then realizes that the trouble lies with himself, and realizing the uncomfortable inadequacy of his knowledger.
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Those who break down the dikes will themselves be drowned in the inundation.
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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 reasonable man adjusts himself to the world. An unreasonable man expects the world to adjust itself to him. Therefore all progress is made by unreasonable people.
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We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.
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Let a man be stimulated by poetry, established by the rules of propriety, and perfected by music.
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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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Plan ahead or find trouble on the doorstep.
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Let mourning stop when one's grief is fully expressed.
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He who remembers from day to day what he has yet to learn, and from month to month what he has learned already, may be said to have a love of learning.
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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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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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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.
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Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune.
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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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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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Many seek happiness higher than men; others beneath him. But happiness is the same height as man.
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When frying small fish, disturb them little.
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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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Wisdom is worried for being slow in its speech and expeditious in its actions.