Confucius
Chinese philosopher, 551-479 BC
73 quotes.
Quotes by Confucius
- Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.
- Respect yourself and others will respect you.
- Silence is a friend that will never betray.
- Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.
- Study the past if you would divine the future.
- Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.
- The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.
- The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.
- The Essence of Knowledge is, having it, to use it.
- The rewards of life depend upon diligence; and the mechanic that would perfect his work, must first sharpen his tools.
- The faults of the superior man are like the eclipses of the sun and moon. He has his faults, and all men see them; he changes, and all men look up to him.
- The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.
- The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
- The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.
- The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.
- The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does.
- The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.
- The way of a superior man is three-fold: virtuous, he is free from anxieties; wise, he is free from perplexities; bold, he is free from fear.
- There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life, that word is reciprocity. What you do not wish done to yourself, do not do to others.
- They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.
- To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.
- To have faults and not to reform them,-- this, indeed, should be pronounced having faults.
- To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.
- To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.
- To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.
- To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle.
- What the superior man seeks, is in himself. What the mean man seeks, is in others.
- What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
- When anger rises, think of the consequences.
- When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
- When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.
- When you set out on a journey of revenge, first dig two graves.
- Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.