Confucius Quotes
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Be strict with yourself but least reproachful of others and complaint is kept afar.
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Study as if you have not reached your goal - hold it as if you were afraid of losing what you have.
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A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds.
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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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The superior man, while his parents are alive, reverently nourishes them; and, when they are dead, reverently sacrifices to them. His thought to the end of his life is how not to disgrace them.
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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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Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's tree, but it preserves it.
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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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The sun and moon shine on all without partiality.
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I'd rather die for speaking out, than to live and be silent.
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Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
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Kind words elicit trust. Kind thoughts create depth. Kind deeds bring love.
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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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What you know, you know, what you don't know, you don't know. This is true wisdom.
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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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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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Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the infinite shines.
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The chase of gain is rich in hate.
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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 gentleman is calm and spacious: the vulgar are always fretting.
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If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.
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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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If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct?