Quotes from Confucius
To be fond of learning is to be near to knowledge. To practice with vigor is to be near to magnanimity. To possess the feeling of shame is to be near to energy. He who knows these three things, knows how to cultivate his own character.
- Confucius
To see what is right, and not do it, is want of courage, or of principle.
- Confucius
When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.
- Confucius
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
- Confucius
Respect yourself and others will respect you.
- Confucius
The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.
- Confucius
Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.
- Confucius
The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.
- Confucius
It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
- Confucius
Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.
- Confucius
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.
- Confucius
The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest success comes only later.
- Confucius