Confucianism is not a religion but rather a system of…

“If religion is about the sacred as opposed to the profane, the spirit as opposed to matter, the Creator as opposed to the created,…

— Stephen Prothero

“The Chosun Dynasty adopted Confucianism in all walks of civil and personal life at the beginning of the fifteenth century. The nation’s kings were…

— Euny Hong

I was raised a Christian but have looked at other religions, some of the Eastern things. I was into Taoism for a while and…

— Rick Springfield

Happiness exist when you don't know a thing

— The Weeknd

Chinese culture in general is not very religious. Confucianism is more a code of ethics than a religion, and ancestor worship is a way…

— David Henry Hwang

The Way of the warrior does not include other ways, such as Confucianism, Buddhism, certain traditions, artistic accomplishments, and dancing. But even though these…

— Miyamoto Musashi

“Premodern traditions of knowledge such as Islam, Christianity, Buddhism and Confucianism asserted that everything that is important to know about the world was already…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“The House of the Venerable and Inscrutable Colonel was what they called it when they were speaking Chinese. Venerable because of his goatee, white…

— Neal Stephenson

Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.

— Confucius

Therefore the superior man is watchful over himself, when he is alone.

— Confucius

Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established

— Confucius

When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are,…

— Confucius

“Psy will go down in history as the first real twenty-first-century entertainer: who else could combine Confucianism and farting?”

— Euny Hong

Confucianism strongly condemned the use of drugs like opium.

— Robert Trout

Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief concern of the Chinese people.

— Hu Shih