Confucius Quotes
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Your eyes are always bigger than your stomach.
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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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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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A ruthless man extends his ruthlessness from those he does not love to those he loves.
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Learning without thought is labour lost.
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Return good for good; return evil with justice.
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Wisdom is worried for being slow in its speech and expeditious in its actions.
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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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The man who is master of himself drinks gravely and wisely.
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A man who does not forget an agreement is resolved and honorable man.
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When you have become one with the Great Universal, you will have no partiality, and when you are part of the process of transformation, you will have no rigidity.
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What is God-given is called nature; to follow nature is called Tao (the Way); to cultivate the way is called culture. Before joy, anger, sadness and happiness are expressed, they are called the inner self; when they are expressed to the proper degree, they are called harmony. The inner self is the correct foundation of the world, and the harmony is the illustrious Way. When a man has achieved the inner self and harmony, the heaven and earth are orderly and the myriad of things are nourished and grow thereby.
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A lack of patience in trifling matters might lead to the disruption of great project.
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If a man be under the influence of anger his conduct will not be correct.
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Plan ahead or find trouble on the doorstep.
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Gentlemen cherish worth; the vulgar cherish dirt. Gentlemen trust in justice; the vulgar trust in favor.
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By gaining the people, the kingdom is gained; by losing the people, the kingdom is lost.
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Not to converse with a man worthy of conversation is to waste the man. To converse with a man not worthy of conversation is to waste words. The wise waste neither men nor words.
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When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.
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The superior man is distressed by his want (lack) of ability.
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How should I know anything about another world when I know so little of this?
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Some are born with knowledge, some derive it from study, and some acquire it only after a painful realization of their ignorance. But the knowledge being possessed, it comes to the same thing. Some study with a natural ease, some from a desire for advantages, and some by strenuous effort. But the achievement being made, it comes to the same thing.
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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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If either wealth or poverty are come by honesty, there is no shame.