Confucius Quotes
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Everyone calls his son his son, whether he has talents or has not talents.
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In a State, pecuniary gain is not to be considered to be prosperity, but its prosperity will be found in righteousness.
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Girl who sit on Judge's lap get honorable discharge.
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The really faithful lover of learning holds fast to the Good Way till death.
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Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
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True goodness springs from a man's own heart. All men are born good.
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The ideal teacher guides his students but does not pull them along; he urges them to go forward and does not suppress them; he opens the way but does not take them to the place.
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The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.
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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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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 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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There are cases in which the blade springs, but the plant does not go on to flower. There are cases where it flowers, but no fruit is subsequently produced.
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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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There are three friendships which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Friendship with the upright; friendship with the sincere; and friendship with the man of much observation: these are advantageous. Friendship with the man of specious airs; friendship with the insinuatingly soft; and friendship with the glib-tongued: these are injurious.
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To know everything is to know nothing, but to know nothing is to know everything.
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The failure to cultivate virtue, the failure to examine and analyze what I have learned, the inability to move toward righteousness after being shown the way, the inability to correct my faults-these are the causes of my grief.
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When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self.
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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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When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.
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Have no friends not equal to yourself.
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Be aroused by poetry; structure yourself with propriety, refine yourself with music.
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He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him; He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him
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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.
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Behave when away from home as though you were in the presence of an honored guest. Employ the people as though you were assisting at an important sacrifice. Do not do to others what you would not like yourself. Then there will be no feelings of opposition to you, whether it is the affairs of a state that you are handling or the affairs of a family.