He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
Confucius |
Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.
Confucius |
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.
Confucius |
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
Confucius |
Heaven means to be one with God.
Confucius |
I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.
Confucius |
I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability.
Confucius |
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Confucius |
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Confucius |
Silence is a true friend who never betrays.
Confucius |
Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
Confucius |
Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!
Confucius |
Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.
Confucius |
Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.
Confucius |
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
Confucius |
I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.
Confucius |
Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.
Confucius |
He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.
Confucius |
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.
Confucius |
Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
Confucius |
