Confucius Quotes
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Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it.
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An inch of time on the sundial is worth more than a foot of jade.
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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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Even four harnessed horses cannot bring imprudent words back into the mouth.
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The virtuous man is driven by responsibility, the non-virtuous man is driven by profit.
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A picture is poem without words.
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To learn without thinking is labour in vain, to think without learning is desolation.
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A youth, when at home, should be filial, and, abroad, respectful to his elders.
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What is necessary is to rectify names.
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Behind every smile there's teeth.
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Do not worry about not holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role. Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.
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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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Plan ahead or find trouble on the doorstep.
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Ah, music, sacred tongue of God! I hear thee calling and I come.
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I never really said all those things I said.
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A man of humanity is one who, in seeking to establish himself, finds a foothold for others and who, in desiring attaining himself, helps others to attain.
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Look closely into his aims, observe the means by which he pursues them, discover what brings him content - and can the man's real worth remain hidden from you?
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Every journey starts with a single step.
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Faithfulness and sincerity first of all.
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To rein a kingdom efficiently it is necessary, before all, to put into good order the family. It's impossible for a man who doesn't know how to lead his own family to know how to lead a country.
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It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up.
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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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Woman is the masterpiece.
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He who cannot describe the problem will never find the solution to that problem.