Confucius Quotes
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If names are not correct, then language is not in accord with the truth of things. If language is not in accord with the truth of things, then affairs cannot be carried out successfully.
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I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.
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To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.
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Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
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The rich fool is like a pig that is choked by its own fat.
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To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. When you say something, say what you know. When you don't know something, say you don't know. That is knowledge.
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The Essence of Knowledge is, having it, to use it.
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Do not treat others as you yourself would not be treated.
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It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger.
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The Master said, A gentleman, in his plans, thinks of the Way; he does not think how he is going to make a living. Even farming sometimes entails 5 times of shortage; and even learning may incidentally lead to high pay. But a gentleman's anxieties concern the progress of the Way; he has no anxiety concerning poverty.
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The superior man is quiet and calm, waiting for the appointments of heaven, while the mean man walks in dangerous paths, looking for lucky occurrences.
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The whole end of speech is to be understood.
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Which demands a lot of himself and some others, will be free from hatred.
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Even if I could, I would not exahnge their virtues for my own. And that is why they are intent on learning from me.
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In your promises cleave to what is right, And you will be able to fulfill your word.
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If you want to change the world, first change your heart.
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I followed my heart without breaking any rules.
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How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up to the height of heaven. All-complete is its greatness! It embraces the three hundred rules of ceremony, and the three thousand rules of demeanor. It waits for the proper man, and then it is trodden. Hence it is said, 'Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.'
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There has never been a man mean and at the same time virtuous.
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Man who want pretty nurse, must be patient.
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A man living without conflicts, as if he never lives at all.
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If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere – although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has.
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Don't let your past determine your destiny.
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A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?