Confucius Quotes
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The superior man is distressed by his want (lack) of ability.
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He who cannot describe the problem will never find the solution to that problem.
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If doing what ought to be done be made the first business and success a secondary consideration--is not this the way to exalt virtue?
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Rate the task above the prize; will not the mind be raised? Fight thine own faults, not the faults of others; will not evil be mended?
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I have not seen one who loves virtue as he loves beauty.
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The strongest memory is not as strong as the weakest ink.
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If my mind be not engaged in worship, it is as though I worshipped not.
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The superior man is easy to serve, but difficult to please ... The inferior man is difficult to serve, but easy to please.
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Does Heaven ever speak? The four seasons come and go, and all creatures thrive and grow. Does Heaven ever speak!
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If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.
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The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks.
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The Master said, "A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present."
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Plan ahead or find trouble on the doorstep.
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The demands that good people make are upon themselves; Those that bad people make are upon others.
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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.
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Who heeds not the future will find sorrow at hand.
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If you don't know the life yet, how could be possible for you to know the death?
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A happy union with wife and child is like the music of lutes and harps.
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There is good government when those who are near are made happy, and when those who are afar are attracted.
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Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
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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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He who sling mud, lose ground.
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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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To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.