Confucius Quotes
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The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear.
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To acknowledge our faults when we are blamed, is modesty; to discover them to one's friends in ingenuousness, is confidence; but to preach them to all the world, if one does not take care, is pride.
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It doesn't make a difference how gradually you go so long as you don't stop.
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It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger.
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Sincerity is the way of heaven.
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To study and constantly, is this not a pleasure? To have friends come from far away places, is this not a joy? If people do not recognize your worth, but this does not worry you, are you not a true gentleman?
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The man of humanity delights in mountains.
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If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.
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When anger rises, think of the consequences.
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If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere – although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has.
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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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You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.
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To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.
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The injury of prodigality leads to this, that he who will not economize will have to agonize.
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The man of perfect virtue, wishing to be established himself, seeks also to establish others; wishing to be enlarged himself, he seeks also to enlarge others.
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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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I followed my heart without breaking any rules.
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The whole end of speech is to be understood.
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He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
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Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.
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To love a thing means wanting it to live.
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As in the case of making a mound, if, before the very last basketful, I stop, then I shall have stopped. As in the case of leveling the ground, if, though tipping only one basketful, I am going forward, then I shall be making progress.
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If there were an honorable way to get rich, I’d do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with a whip. But there isn’t an honorable way, so I just do what I like.
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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.