Confucius Quotes
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Do unto others as you wish others do unto you.
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He is the truly courageous man who never desponds.
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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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Knowing what's correct and not doing it, it's the worst cowardice.
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To find the Tao, there is nowhere you need to search. If it is not inside you, it is not the Tao.
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Good is no hermit. It has ever neighbors.
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If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
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Every piece of marble has a statue in it waiting to be released by a person of sufficient skill to chip away the unnecessary parts. Just as the sculptor is to the marble, so is education to the soul. It releases it. For only educated people are free people. You cannot create a statue by smashing the marble with a hammer, and you cannot by the force of arms release the spirit or the soul of people.
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A disciple having asked for a definition of charity, the Master said LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
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One who can move mountains start with the little stones.
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In antiquity men studied for their own sake; nowadays men study for the sake of impressing others.
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Never do to others what you would not like them to do to you.
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When a person should be spoken with, and you don't speak with them, you lose them. When a person shouldn't be spoken with and you speak to them, you waste your breath. The wise do not lose people, nor do they waste their breath.
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A man who does not forget an agreement is resolved and honorable man.
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Your eyes are always bigger than your stomach.
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I transmit but do not create. I place my trust in the teachings of antiquity.
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Love should start from people close to us, then be extended to other people, to strangers, and eventually to the world.
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The superior man is distressed by his want (lack) of ability.
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In a district of ten families, there must be someone as honorable and sincere as I, but none as fond of learning.
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To think twice is quite enough.
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If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.
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Be versed in ancient lore, and familiarize yourself with the modern; then may you become teachers.
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Coarse rice to eat, water to drink, my bended arm for a pillow - therein is happiness. Wealth and rank attained through immoral means are nothing but drifting clouds.
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He who is really kind, can never be unhappy.