Confucius Quotes
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Don't do unto others what you don't want others to do unto you.
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There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth ... lust. When he is strong ... quarrelsomeness. When he is old ... covetousness.
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A scholar who loves comfort is not fit to be called a scholar.
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Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.
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The man who is master of himself drinks gravely and wisely.
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The Path is not far from man. When men try to pursue a course, which is far from the common indications of consciousness, this course cannot be considered The Path.
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Base yourself in loyalty and trust. Don't be companion with those who are not your moral equal. When you make a mistake, don't hesitate to correct it.
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In teaching there should be no distinction of classes.
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True wisdom is knowing what you don't know.
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If one leads them with administrative measures and uses punishments to make them conform, the people will be evasive, but if one leads them with virtue, they will come up to expectations.
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Not feeling compassion for a stranger is like not feeling when one's foot has caught fire.
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Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.
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The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
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The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters.
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When a man comes to me, I accept him at his best, not at his worst. Why make so much ado? When a man washes his hands before paying a visit, and you receive him in that clean state, you do not thereby stand surety for his always having been clean in the past.
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All things are already complete in oneself.
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The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.
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Even in killing men, observe the rules of propriety.
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A man may not transgress the bounds of major morals, but may make errors in minor morals.
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He who is really good can never be unhappy. He who is really wise can never be perplexed. He who is really brave is never afraid.
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I daily examine myself on three points: In planning for others, have I failed in conscientiousness? In intercourse with friends, have I been insincere? And have I failed to practice what I have been taught?
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Yin and yang, male and female, strong and weak, rigid and tender, heaven and earth, light and darkness, thunder and lightning, cold and warmth, good and evil...the interplay of opposite principles constitutes the universe.
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Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.
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The young should be dutiful at home, modest abroad, careful and true, overflowing in kindness for all, but in brotherhood with love. And if they have strength to spare they should spend it on the arts.