Confucius Quotes
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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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The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
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I could see peace instead of this.
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A hammer shatters glass but it also forges steel.
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Between friends, frequent reproofs make the friendship distant.
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Charity is that rational and constant affection which makes us sacrifice ourselves to the human race, as if we were united with it, so as to form one individual, partaking equally in its adversity and prosperity.
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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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First there must be order and harmony within your own mind.
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The Master said, "Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not abide them. Poverty and disgrace are things that all people hate, and yet unless they are avoided in the proper way I will not despise them. If the gentleman abandons ren, how can he be worthy of that name? The gentleman does not violate ren even for the amount of time required to eat a meal. Even in times of urgency or distress, he does not depart from it."
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I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it.
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Respect yourself and others will respect you.
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Confucius say... politician is one who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after.
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Let the states of equilibrium and harmony exist in perfection, and a happy order will prevail throughout heaven and earth, and all things will be nourished and flourish.
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The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear.
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Every man knows the smell of his own fart.
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Do not answer the person whose questions are vile. Do not question a person whose answers are vile.
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Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.
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To love a thing means wanting it to live.
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Who expects to be able to go out of a house except by the door? How is it then that no one follows this Way of ours?
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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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Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone might be looking. Hear and you forget, see and you remember, do and you understand.
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If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else.
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Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
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Place where man laughs, sings, picks flowers, chases butterflies and pets birds, makes love with maidens, and plays with children. Here he spontaneously reveals his nature, the base as well as the noble. Here also he buries his sorrows and difficulties and cherishes his ideals and hopes. It is in the garden that men discover themselves. Indeed one discovers not only his real self but also his ideal self?he returns to his youth. Inevitably the garden is made the scene of man's merriment, escapades, romantic abandonment, spiritual awakening or the perfection of his finer self.