Confucius Quotes
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A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words.
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An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it.
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I know how the birds fly, how the fishes swim, how animals run. But there is the Dragon. I cannot tell how it mounts on the winds through the clouds and flies through heaven. Today I have seen the Dragon.
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I have yet to meet a man as fond of high moral conduct as he is of outward appearances.
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When wealth is centralized, the people are dispersed. When wealth is distributed, the people are brought together.
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With a heavy load and a long journey.
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A good man is not mine to see. Could I see a man possessed of constancy, that would satisfy me.
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If either wealth or poverty are come by honesty, there is no shame.
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I have never seen one who really loves goodness or one who really hates wickedness. One who really loves goodness will not place anything above it. One who really hates wickedness will practice goodness in such a way that wickedness will have no chance to get at him. Is there anyone who has devoted his whole strength to doing good for even as long as a single day? I have not seen anyone give up such an attempt because he had not the strength to go on. Perhaps there is such a case, but I have never seen it.
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The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.
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Cultivated people foster what is good in others, not what is bad. Petty people do the opposite.
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It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
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I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.
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The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.
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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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Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?
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The Essence of Knowledge is, having it, to use it.
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Let a man be stimulated by poetry, established by the rules of propriety, and perfected by music.
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Don't let your past determine your destiny.
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What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
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By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
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If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?
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The way of Heaven and Earth may be completely declared in one sentence: They are without any doubleness, and so they produce things in a manner that is unfathomable.
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Character is the backbone of our human culture. Music is the flowering of character.