Confucius Quotes
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Do unto others what you want done unto you.
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With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of all these things.
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Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.
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In vain I have looked for a single man capable of seeing his own faults and bringing the charge home against himself.
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The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.
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Big head, target for enemy; big heart, target for friend.
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It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.
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The Master said, If out of the three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teachings, I would say 'Let there be no evil in your thoughts.'
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It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.
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I used to take on trust a man's deeds after having listened to his words. Now having listened to a man's words I go on to observe his deeds.
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A heart set on love will do no wrong.
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Let a ruler base his government upon virtuous principles, and he will be like the pole-star, which remains steadfast in its place, while all the host of stars turn towards it.
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Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous.
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As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances.
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Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.
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Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.
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The wise man admires water, the kind man admires mountains. The wise man moves, the kind man rests. The wise man is happy, the kind man is firm.
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Love others as you would love yourself, judge others as you would judge yourself, cherish others as you would cherish yourself. When you wish for others as you wish for yourself and when you protect others as you would protect yourself, that's when you can say it's true love.
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Be in harmony, yet be different.
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Study as if you have not reached your goal - hold it as if you were afraid of losing what you have.
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There are not the weeds the ones that drown the good seed, but the negligence of the peasant.
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The superior man, while his parents are alive, reverently nourishes them; and, when they are dead, reverently sacrifices to them. His thought to the end of his life is how not to disgrace them.
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A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.
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He who crosses the ocean twice without washing is a dirty double crosser.