Quotes from Confucius
To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.
- Confucius
If I cannot get men who steer a middle course to associate with, I would far rather have the impetuous and hasty. For the impetuous at any rate assert themselves.
- Confucius
A superior man is one who is free from fear and anxieties
- Confucius
That a man lives is because he is straight. That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate enough to be spared.
- Confucius
The Path is not far from man. When men try to pursue a course, which is far from the common indications of consciousness, this course cannot be considered The Path.
- Confucius
Not knowing life, how can we know death? Why talk of spirits when you do not understand men?
- Confucius
The superior man limits his achievements.
- Confucius
The Master said, "The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit." (Analects 4.16)
- Confucius
A good man will certainly also possess courage; but a brave man is not necessarily good.
- Confucius
To rein a kingdom efficiently it is necessary, before all, to put into good order the family. It's impossible for a man who doesn't know how to lead his own family to know how to lead a country.
- Confucius
Character is the backbone of our human culture. Music is the flowering of character.
- Confucius
If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.
- Confucius