Confucius Quotes
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An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.
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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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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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Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous.
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Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.
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The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism.
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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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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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There are not the weeds the ones that drown the good seed, but the negligence of the peasant.
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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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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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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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A heart set on love will do no wrong.
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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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We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living.
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He who crosses the ocean twice without washing is a dirty double crosser.
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Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
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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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Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.
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Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.
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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.