“Confucius said,"To know that you don't know is the beginning of knowing.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh Copy Share Image
The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ. — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
“As Confucius says, no matter where you go, there you are. You are the common denominator in your life and in all… — C. Nicole Mason Copy Share Image
“Confucius said, "To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves, Confucius said. Revenge unstitches a civilisation.” — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
“What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others. —Confucius” — Steven D. Price Copy Share Image
“Confucius: If you sit by the river for long enough, the body of your enemy will float by.” — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“When you see a good person, think about evaluating that person. When you see a bad person, think about evaluating yourself. —CONFUCIUS” — Steve DeMasco Copy Share Image
Confucius says Love one another. If it doesn't work, just interchange the last two words. — Hussein Nishah Copy Share Image
In the worship of Bacchus, we have sacrificed too freely… Why not consecrate ourselves to the queen of the Camelias, and revel… — Okakura Kakuzo Copy Share Image
“Confucius, Buddha, Jesus and Muhammed would have been bewildered if you'd told them that in order to understand the human mind and… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
Maybe I am a prophet. I really hope one day there will come Confucius, Muhammad, Buddha and Christ to see me. And… — Alejandro Jodorowsky Copy Share Image
“I "love" reading. It makes me feel like I am swallowing up Christ, Homer, Confucius, Newton, Franklin, Socrates, Caesar, and the whole… — Moffat Machingura Copy Share Image
I can imagine the writers of China, England and France, crippled and unsure of themselves when they feel that the ghosts of… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
Confucius is like the Torah, rules to follow. And Lao-Tzu is even more conservative, saying that if you do nothing you won't… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by… — Confucius Copy Share Image
“But unlike Machiavelli, Confucius was concerned more with the cultivation of social harmony than with the machinations of power. His themes were… — Henry Kissinger Copy Share Image
Kong Qiu, or Master Kong as he was known, did not live to see his days of glory. During his lifetime, his… — Confucius Copy Share Image
If Confucius can serve as the Patron Saint of Chinese education, let me propose Socrates as his equivalent in a Western educational… — Howard Gardner Copy Share Image
“The provision is very inferior to the cities of refuge which were set apart by Moses for the manslayer to flee to… — Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Copy Share Image
“In the ancient Book of History, upon which Confucius himself based his philosophy, it is said... The people must be cherished, The… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“Chang nodded sagely. “My father insisted on it. He said, ‘You may be proud of being a scanner. I am sorry you… — Cordwainer Smith Copy Share Image
“What most distinguishes Confucius from other founders is that he inculcated a strict code of ethics, which has been respected ever since,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Confucius was not so much a philsopher as a proto-ideologist: what interested him was not metaphysical Truths but rather a harmonious social… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
“Thirdly, in other parts, where they have a written language, as in the East-Indies, China, Japan, &c. they know nothing of the… — William Carey Copy Share Image
“Confucius say if man want to grow one row of corn, first must shovel one ton of shit.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“You know what Confucius said?” “Remind me.” “ ‘Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.’ ” — Marisha Pessl Copy Share Image
“As Confucius says, under some circumstances murder can be forgiven; but unreasonableness never is.” — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
“The commander of a mighty army can be captured, but the aspiration of an ordinary man can never be seized. —Confucius” — Evan Osnos Copy Share Image
“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without. - Confucius” — Confucius Copy Share Image
“He remembered the old Chinese proverb, sometimes ascribed to Confucius: If you sit by the river for long enough, the body of… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Among his own country folk Confucius wore a homely look, like one that has no word to say.” — Confucius Copy Share Image
“Confucius said, “Before embarking upon a journey of revenge, dig two graves.” I planned to dig seven.” — Lili St. Germain Copy Share Image
“Confucius said, “People may have the finest talents, but if they are arrogant and stingy, their other qualities are not worthy of… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Reserved as he [Confucius] was about the supernatural, he was not without it; somewhere in the universe there was a power that… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Let me do and I understand. ~Confucius The” — Jim Benson Copy Share Image
“Confucius said: “I do not see what use a man can be put to, whose word cannot be trusted.” —The Analects of… — Judith Boss Copy Share Image