Quotes By Confucius

Heaven means to be one with God.

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.

If we don't know life, how can we know death?

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven.