Confucius Quotes
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I used to listen to what others said, and expect them to act accordingly. But nowadays, I listen to what they say, and then observe what they do.
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The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.” (Analects 4.16)
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If I hold up one corner of a square and the student cannot workout the other three for himself, I won't go any further.
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One dedicated worker is worth a thousand slaves.
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The wise men of antiquity, when they wished to make the whole world peaceful and happy, first put their own States into proper order. Before putting their States into proper order, they regulated their own families. Before regulating their families, they regulated themselves. Before regulating themselves, they tried to be sincere in their thoughts. Before being sincere in their thoughts, they tried to see things exactly as they really were.
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A man who reviews the old so as to find out the new is qualified to teach others.
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A man without a mustache is a man without a soul.
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When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.
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Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.
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While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits of the dead...While you do not know life, how can you know about death.
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I was complaining that I had no shoes till I met a man who had no feet.
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Learning, undigested by thought, is labor lost.
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Never overlook wallflower at dance; may be dandelion in grass.
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It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife.
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How abundantly do spiritual beings display the powers that belong to them! We look for them, but do not see them; we listen to, but do not hear them; yet they enter into all things, and there is nothing without them.
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Silence is the true friend that never betrays.
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Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away.
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The good man does not grieve that other people do not recognize his merits. His only anxiety is lest he should fail to recognize theirs.
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Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.
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The cautious seldom err.
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A man without persistence will never make a good shaman or a good physician.
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The mirror reflects all objects without being sullied.
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The superior man is intelligently, not blindly, faithful.
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Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.