Learning Quotes by Confucius

Knowledge is recognizing what you know and what you don't.

— Confucius

You cannot open a book without learning something.

— Confucius

To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.

— Confucius

True knowledge is when one knows the limitations of one's knowledge.

— Confucius

To study and at times practice what one has learned, is this not a pleasure?

— Confucius

I hear, I know. I see, I remember. I do, I understand.

— Confucius

What is most needed for learning is a humble mind.

— Confucius

Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned?

— Confucius

Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last…

— Confucius

The silent treasuring up of knowledge; learning without satiety; and instructing others without being wearied: which one of these things belongs to…

— Confucius

Learning without reflection is a waste, reflection without learning is dangerous.

— Confucius

Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing…

— Confucius

What the great learning teaches, is to illustrate illustrious virtue; to renovate the people; and to rest in the highest excellence.

— Confucius

If one learns from others, but does not think, one will be bewildered. If, on the other hand, one thinks but does…

— Confucius

To learn and from time to time to apply what one has learned - isn't that a pleasure?

— Confucius

Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others.

— Confucius

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger... Men of…

— Confucius

Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn't it also great when friends visit from distant places?…

— Confucius

Study the past if you would define the future. I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I…

— Confucius

There may be men who act without understanding why. I do not. To listen much, pick out the good and follow it;…

— Confucius

All wisdom is rooted in learning to call things by the right name. When things are properly identified, they fall into natural…

— Confucius

In a hamlet of ten households, there are bound to be those who are my equal in doing their best for others…

— Confucius

To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. When you say something, say what…

— Confucius

The superior man, extensively studying all learning, and keeping himself under the restraint of the rules of propriety, may thus likewise not…

— Confucius

To be fond of learning is to draw close to wisdom. To practice with vigor is to draw close to benevolence. To…

— Confucius

Love of goodness without love of learning degenerates into simple-mindedness. Love of knowledge without love of learning degenerates into utter lack of…

— Confucius

To be fond of learning is near to wisdom.

— Confucius

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

— Confucius

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

— Confucius

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

— Confucius

When I walk along with two others, from at least one I will be able to learn.

— Confucius

Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.

— Confucius

Thought, unassisted by learning, is dangerous.

— Confucius

To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.

— Confucius

“Learning without thinking is useless. Thinking without learning is dangerous.”

— Confucius

Learning without thought is labour lost.

— Confucius

The Essence of Knowledge is, having it, to use it.

— Confucius

Learning, undigested by thought, is labor lost.

— Confucius

The really faithful lover of learning holds fast to the Good Way till death.

— Confucius

To understand yourself is the key to wisdom.

— Confucius