Confucius Quotes
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A lack of patience in trifling matters might lead to the disruption of great project.
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A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.
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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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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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If a man is not good, what has he to do with the rules of propriety? If he is not good, what has he to do with music?
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Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.
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A disciple having asked for a definition of charity, the Master said LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
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The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.
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If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.
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The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear.
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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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To become a leader, you must first become a human being.
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All things are nourished together without their injuring one another. The courses of the seasons, and of the sun and moon, are pursued without any collision among them. The smaller energies are like river currents; the greater energies are seen in mighty transformations. It is this which makes heaven and earth so great.
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A man may not transgress the bounds of major morals, but may make errors in minor morals.
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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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If my mind be not engaged in worship, it is as though I worshipped not.
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The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.
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Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but in wanting what you have.
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Not feeling compassion for a stranger is like not feeling when one's foot has caught fire.
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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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Do unto others as you wish others do unto you.
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Respect yourself and others will respect you.
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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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A person of character takes as much trouble to discover what is right as the lesser men take to discover what will pay.