When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established — Confucius Copy Share Image
Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand. — Confucius Copy Share Image
They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to… — Confucius Copy Share Image
If a man has no humaneness what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness what can his happiness… — Confucius Copy Share Image
When the Superior Man eats he does not try to stuff himself; at rest he does not seek perfect comfort; he is… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The superior man has nothing to compete for. But if he must compete, he does it in an archery match, wherein he… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Great as heaven and earth are, men still find some things in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is that,… — Confucius Copy Share Image
What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others. — Confucius Copy Share Image
There is nothing more visible than what is secret, and nothing more manifest than what is minute. — Confucius Copy Share Image
The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. — Confucius Copy Share Image
The gods should certainly be revered, but kept at a distance... . The way is not beyond man; he who creates a… — Confucius Copy Share Image
When I walk along with two others, from at least one I will be able to learn. — Confucius Copy Share Image
The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Earnest in practicing the ordinary virtues, and careful in speaking about them, if, in his practice, he has anything defective, the superior… — Confucius Copy Share Image
To be fond of learning is to draw close to wisdom. To practice with vigor is to draw close to benevolence. To… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself. — 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
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
If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others. — Confucius Copy Share Image
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 Image
Better than the one who knows what is right is the one who loves what is right. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge. — Confucius Copy Share Image
I live in a very small house, but my windows look out on a very large world. — Confucius Copy Share Image
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 Image
Does Heaven ever speak? The four seasons come and go, and all creatures thrive and grow. Does Heaven ever speak! — Confucius Copy Share Image
