Confucius Quotes
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How transcendent is the virtue of the middle conduct! Rare for a long time has been its practice among the people.
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I am not an originator but a transmitter.
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If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.
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The object of the superior man is truth.
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A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad, respectful to his elders.
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Look for an occupation that you like, and you will not need to labor for a single day in your life.
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Tea tempers the spirits and harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness, lightens or refreshes the body, and clears the perceptive faculties.
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The superior man does not mind being in office; all he minds about is whether he has qualities that entitle him to office. He does not mind failing to get recognition; he is too busy doing the things that entitle him to recognition.
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Watch their actions, observe their motives, examine wherein they dwell content; won't you know what kind of person they are?
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If the gentleman is not serious, he will not be respected, and his learning will not be on a firm foundation. He considers loyalty and faithfulness to be fundamental, has no friends who are not like him, and when he has made mistakes, he is not afraid of correcting them.
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Exemplary people concern themselves with virtue, small people concern themselves with territory. The ruling class thinks of punishment, the lower classes hope for benevolence.
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The archer who misses his mark does not blame the target. He stops, corrects himself and shoots again.
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It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
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The superior person tries to promote music as a means to the perfection of human culture. When such music prevails, and people's minds are led towards the right ideals and aspirations, we may see the appearance of a great nation.
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Care not for want of place; care for thy readiness to fill one. Care not for being unknown, but seek to be worthy of note.
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Seek Not Every Quality In One Individual.
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If I am virtuous and worthy, for whom should I not maintain a proper concern?
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Wherever you go, go with all your heart.
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Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses.
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Study the past, if you would divine the future.
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There is one single thread binding my way together...the way of the Master consists in doing one's best...that is all.
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A hammer shatters glass but it also forges steel.
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Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.
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To be excellent when engaged in administration is to be like the North Star. As it remains in its one position, all the other stars surround it.