Confucius Quotes
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Have no friends not equal to yourself.
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Things being investigated, knowledge became complete. Their knowledge being complete, their thoughts were sincere. Their thoughts being sincere, their hearts were then rectified. Their hearts being rectified, their persons were cultivated. Their persons being cultivated, their families were regulated. Their families being regulated, their States were rightly governed. Their States being rightly governed, the whole kingdom was made tranquil and happy.
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The superior man is intelligently, not blindly, faithful.
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Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.
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Learning, undigested by thought, is labor lost.
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It's only in winter that the pine and cypress are known to be evergreens.
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Justice is like the north star, which is fixed, and all the rest revolve about it.
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A fool marvels at rare things, but a wise man at common ones.
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If you would govern a state of a thousand chariots (a small-to-middle-size state), you must pay strict attention to business, be true to your word, be economical in expenditure and love the people.
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Girl who sit on Judge's lap get honorable discharge.
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Every house guest brings you happiness. Some when they arrive, and some when they are leaving.
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Be aroused by poetry; structure yourself with propriety, refine yourself with music.
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The really faithful lover of learning holds fast to the Good Way till death.
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There are three marks of a superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; being wise, he is free from perplexity; being brave, he is free from fear.
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One dedicated worker is worth a thousand slaves.
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From the loving example of one family a whole State may become loving, and from its courtesies, courteous; while from the ambition and perverseness of the one man the whole State may be thrown into rebellious disorder. Such is the nature of influence.
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Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws.
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The inner nature of man is the province of Music.
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If language is not correct, then what is said is not what is meant; if what is said is not what is meant, then what must be done remains undone; if this remains undone, morals and art will deteriorate; if justice goes astray, the people will stand about in helpless confusion. Hence there must be no arbitrariness in what is said. This matters above everything.
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Balance is the perfect state of still water. Let that be our model. It remains quiet within and is not disturbed on the surface.
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He who rules by moral force is like the pole star, which remains in place while all the lesser stars do homage to it.
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The Master said, The case is like that of someone raising a mound. If he stops working, the fact that it perhaps needed only one more basketful makes no difference; I stay where I am. Whereas even if he has not got beyond leveling the ground, but is still at work, the fact that he has only tilted one basketful of earth makes no difference. I go to help him.
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If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others.
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He who keeps danger in mind, is he who will rest safe in his seat; he who keeps ruin in mind, is he who will preserve his interests secure.