Quotes By Author: Confucius

“To study and constantly, is this not a pleasure? To have friends come from far away places, is this not a joy? If people do not recognize your worth, but this does not worry you, are you not a true gentleman?”

“We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living”

“When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.”

“The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.”

“What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.”

“Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of man.”

“The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui’s joy. What a worthy man was Hui!”(Analects 6.11)”

“he who will not economize will have to agonize”

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

“The Master said, “A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present.”(Analects 2.11)”

“Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.”

“Time flows away like the water in the river. ”

“The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?”

“Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.”

“The man of wisdom is never of two minds;the man of benevolence never worries;the man of courage is never afraid.”