Confucius Quotes
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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 lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.
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To think twice is quite enough.
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Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.
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Be loyal to yourself, charitable to neighbours, nothing more.
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The funniest people are the saddest once.
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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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To become a leader, you must first become a human being.
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You cannot open a book without learning something.
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A disciple having asked for a definition of charity, the Master said LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
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Never seek illicit wealth.
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Do unto others as you wish others do unto you.
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If either wealth or poverty are come by honesty, there is no shame.
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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.
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There is one single thread binding my way together...the way of the Master consists in doing one's best...that is all.
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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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It is the obligation of the ruler to continually renew himself in order to renew the people by his example.
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The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.
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Respect the gods, but have as little to do with them as possible.
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When anger rises, think of the consequences.
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If my mind be not engaged in worship, it is as though I worshipped not.
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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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I transmit but do not create. I place my trust in the teachings of antiquity.