Confucius Quotes
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The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism.
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The sun and moon shine on all without partiality.
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I do not enlighten those who are not eager to learn, nor arouse those who are not anxious to give an explanation themselves. If I have presented one corner of the square and they cannot come back to me with the other three, I should not go over the points again.
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Be strict with yourself but least reproachful of others and complaint is kept afar.
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Kind words elicit trust. Kind thoughts create depth. Kind deeds bring love.
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Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree, but it preserves it.
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Without goodness a man cannot endure adversity for long, nor can he enjoy prosperity for long. The good man is naturally at ease with goodness. The wise man cultivates goodness for its advantage.
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Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
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Sincerity becomes apparent. From being apparent, it becomes manifest. From being manifest, it becomes brilliant. Brilliant, it affects others. Affecting others, they are changed by it. Changed by it, they are transformed. It is only he who is possessed of the most complete sincerity that can exist under heaven, who can transform.
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The one who was born a genius can't win against the one who tries, and the one who tries can't win against the one who enjoys.
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What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is true wisdom.
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The chase of gain is rich in hate.
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There may be men who act without understanding why. I do not. To listen much, pick out the good and follow it; to see much and ponder it: this comes next to understanding.
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I'd rather die for speaking out, than to live and be silent.
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A gentleman is calm and spacious: the vulgar are always fretting.
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What Heaven has conferred is called The Nature; an accordance with this nature is called The Path of duty; the regulation of this path is called Instruction. The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.
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When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. If you are generous, you will gain everything.
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To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one doesn't know what one doesn't know, there lies true wisdom.
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Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.
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Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the infinite shines.
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The superior man is universally minded and no partisan. The inferior man is a partisan and not universal.
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If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct?
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If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.