To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare remain incorrect? — Confucius Copy Share Image
Don't worry that other people don't know you; worry that you don't know other people. — Confucius Copy Share Image
To take what you know for what you know, and what you do not know for what you do not know, that… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Everyone calls his son his son, whether he has talents or has not talents. — Confucius Copy Share Image
It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Ceremonies are the first thing to be attended to in the practice of government. — Confucius Copy Share Image
The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development. — 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
You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it. — Confucius Copy Share Image
With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow - I have still joy in… — 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
