Confucius Quotes
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Rather than caring about whether or not you are known, strive to be worth knowing.
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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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Learning without thought is labour lost.
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Your eyes are always bigger than your stomach.
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Humanity is the equity of the heart.
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The superior man, even when he is not moving, has a feeling of reverence, and while he speaks not, he has the feeling of truthfulness.
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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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The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.
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Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade.
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Not knowing life, how can we know death? Why talk of spirits when you do not understand men?
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Wisdom is worried for being slow in its speech and expeditious in its actions.
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A man should demand much from himself, but little from others. When you meet a man of worth, think how you may attain to his excellence. When you meet an unworthy one, then look within and examine yourself.
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A man exercising no forethought will soon experience present sorrow.
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If my mind be not engaged in worship, it is as though I worshipped not.
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All wisdom is rooted in learning to call things by the right name. When things are properly identified, they fall into natural categories and understanding becomes orderly.
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Never seek illicit wealth.
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One who is by nature daring and is suffering from poverty will not long be law-abiding. Indeed, any men, save those that are truly good, if their sufferings are very great, will be likely to rebel.
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Every man knows the smell of his own fart.
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The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear.
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The whole end of speech is to be understood.