If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand. — Confucius Copy Share Image
The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. — Confucius Copy Share Image
The people may be made to follow a path of action but they may not be made to understand it. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Study the past if you would define the future. I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I… — Confucius Copy Share Image
He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are… — Confucius Copy Share Image
I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would… — Confucius Copy Share Image
If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous;… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others. — Confucius Copy Share
In ancient times, those who wished to illuminate the world with virtue first brought order to their nations. Wishing to order well their nations,… — Confucius Copy Share
Better than the one who knows what is right is the one who loves what is right. — Confucius Copy Share
Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge. — Confucius Copy Share
To rule a country of a thousand chariots, there must be reverent attention to business, and sincerity; economy in expenditure, and love for men;… — Confucius Copy Share
Does Heaven ever speak? The four seasons come and go, and all creatures thrive and grow. Does Heaven ever speak! — Confucius Copy Share
