Confucius Quotes
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To be fond of learning is to draw close to wisdom. To practice with vigor is to draw close to benevolence. To know the sense of shame is to draw close to courage. He who knows these three things knows how to cultivate his own character. Knowing how to cultivate his own character, he knows how to govern other men. Knowing how to govern other men, he knows how to govern the world, its states, and its families.
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If you reflect within yourself and find nothing to be ashamed of, how could you have anxiety or fear.
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It is goodness that gives to a neighborhood its beauty. One who is free to choose, yet does not prefer to dwell among the good - how can he be accorded the name of wise?
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He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.
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It is man that makes truth great, and not truth that makes man great.
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If the people be led by laws, and uniformity sought to be given them by punishments, they will try to avoid the punishment, but have no sense of shame.
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Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others.
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If a man has no humaneness what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness what can his happiness be like?
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We can know a person by observing his behaviour, understanding the reasons for his actions and ascertaining his intentions. If we do this, how can we not know him?
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The man of humanity delights in mountains.
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Keep it simple and focus on what matters. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed.
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When admins have faults, they do not fear to ignore them.
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Justice for All in the World.
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Eat at your own as you would the table of a king.
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The more you know yourself, the more you forgive yourself.
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The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks.
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When you are ignorant about something, to know that you are ignorant about it - that is knowledge.
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Remember even when alone, that the divine is everywhere.
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If I give a student one-fourth of what he should know, I expect him to get the other three-fourths himself, otherwise I do not want him as a student.
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See a person's means ... Observe his motives. Examine that in which he rests. How can a person conceal his character?
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The Master said, "A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present."
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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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When wealth is centralized, the people are dispersed. When wealth is distributed, the people are brought together.
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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.