Confucius Quotes
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The master said, 'Quietly to store up knowledge in my mind, to learn without flagging, to teach without growing weary, these present me with no difficulties.'
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The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this. In a position of wealth and honor, he does what is proper to a position of wealth and honor. In a poor and low position, he does what is proper to a poor and low position.
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To take what you know for what you know, and what you do not know for what you do not know, that is knowledge indeed.
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Man who want pretty nurse, must be patient.
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Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.
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The contrived language and the flattering attitude rarely come with the virtue.
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The silent treasuring up of knowledge; learning without satiety; and instructing others without being wearied: which one of these things belongs to me?
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You turn the handle the way it goes, not the way it ought to go.
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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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If we don't know life, how can we know death?
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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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Whatever heaven ordains is best.
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When admins have faults, they do not fear to ignore them.
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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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Tell people - and they may forget... show them - they may remember... but involve them and they will understand.
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To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.
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Listen widely to remove your doubts and be careful when speaking about the rest and your mistakes will be few.
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Those who make virtue their profession are the ruin of virtue.
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To prefer it is better than to only know it. To delight in it is better than merely to prefer it.
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All the darkness in the world can't put out the light of one candle.
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If you want to change the world, first change your heart.
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Sir, in carrying on your government, why should you use killing at all? Let your evinced desires be for what is good, and the people will be good. The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend, when the wind blows across it.
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The people may be put into the way they should go, though they may not be put into the way of understanding it.
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When you are ignorant about something, to know that you are ignorant about it - that is knowledge.