Love Quotes by Confucius · Page 2

From the loving example of one family a whole State may become loving, and from its courtesies, courteous; while from the ambition…

— Confucius

To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare remain incorrect?

— Confucius

To know and not do, is to not yet know.

— Confucius

If you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?

— Confucius

Don't worry that other people don't know you; worry that you don't know other people.

— Confucius

A youth, when at home, should be filial and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should…

— Confucius

An image is better than one thousand words

— Confucius

Everyone calls his son his son, whether he has talents or has not talents.

— Confucius

It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.

— Confucius

To love a thing means wanting it to live.

— Confucius

Ceremonies are the first thing to be attended to in the practice of government.

— Confucius

To be fond of learning is near to wisdom.

— Confucius

Charity is that rational and constant affection which makes us sacrifice ourselves to the human race, as if we were united with…

— Confucius

If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous;…

— Confucius

It is only the very wisest and the very stupidest who never change.

— Confucius

The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

— Confucius

They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to…

— Confucius

Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they are obtained in the right way they may not be possessed.

— Confucius

Never seek illicit wealth.

— Confucius

Don't do unto others what you don't want others to do unto you.

— Confucius

The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous.

— Confucius

When superiors are fond of showing their humanity, inferiors try to outstrip one another in their practice of it.

— Confucius

People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.

— Confucius

Do not answer the person whose questions are vile. Do not question a person whose answers are vile.

— Confucius

Love is easy to spot, when someone has found it

— Confucius