Confucius Quotes
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A blemish may be removed from a diamond by careful polishing, but evil words once spoken cannot be effaced.
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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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Chi Wen Tzu always thought three times before taking action. Twice would have been quite enough.
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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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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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The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.
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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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To learn and from time to time to apply what one has learned - isn't that a pleasure?
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A scholar who loves comfort is not fit to be called a scholar.
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The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
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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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If you try to do too much, you will not achieve anything.
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Study the past, if you would divine the future.
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The object of the superior man is truth.
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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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The strongest memory is not as strong as the weakest ink.
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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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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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Only one who bursts with enthusiasm do I instruct; Only one who bubbles with excitement do I enlighten. If I hold up one corner and you do not come back to me with the other three, I do not continue the lesson.
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Between friends, frequent reproofs make the friendship distant.
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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.
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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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Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses.
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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.