Confucius Quotes
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Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.
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Chi Wen Tzu always thought three times before taking action. Twice would have been quite enough.
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The superior man loves his soul; the inferior man loves his property.
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He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger... Men of superior mind busy themselves first getting at the root of things; when they succeed, the right course is open to them.
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Although your father and mother are dead, if you propose to yourself any good work, only reflect how it will make their names illustrious, and your purpose will be fixed.
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If a superior man abandon virtue, how can he fulfil the requirements of that name?
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Charity, like the sun, brightens every object on which it shines.
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If an urn lacks the characteristics of an urn, how can we call it an urn?
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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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Seek Not Every Quality In One Individual.
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It is only the very wisest and the very stupidest who never change.
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Don't use cannon to kill musquito.
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Confucius say... politician is one who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after.
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When a man feels the difficulty of doing, can he be other than cautious and slow in speaking?
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The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me you don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step the man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
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Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive.
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When superiors are fond of showing their humanity, inferiors try to outstrip one another in their practice of it.
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The superior man, even when he is not moving, has a feeling of reverence, and while he speaks not, he has the feeling of truthfulness.
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I am not an originator but a transmitter.
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A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present? If he reach the age of forty or fifty, and has not made himself heard of, then indeed he will not be worth being regarded with respect.
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Sincerity is the way of heaven.
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There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.
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Expect much from yourself and little from others and you will avoid incurring resentments.
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Those who are firm, enduring, simple and unpretentious are the nearest to virtue.