Confucius Quotes
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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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An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
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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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Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.
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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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The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism.
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Do unto others what you want done unto you.
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Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous.
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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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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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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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Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
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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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Big head, target for enemy; big heart, target for friend.
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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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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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We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living.
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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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He who crosses the ocean twice without washing is a dirty double crosser.
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A heart set on love will do no wrong.
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What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is true wisdom.
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Sincerity becomes apparent. From being apparent, it becomes manifest. From being manifest, it becomes brilliant. Brilliant, it affects others. Affecting others, they are changed by it. Changed by it, they are transformed. It is only he who is possessed of the most complete sincerity that can exist under heaven, who can transform.
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There may be men who act without understanding why. I do not. To listen much, pick out the good and follow it; to see much and ponder it: this comes next to understanding.
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Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.