--- title: "23 Masters Quotes By Confucius" description: "23 Masters quotes by Confucius. Plus more from Confucius and more Masters sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f8/confucius-164_able_the-master-said-a-true-teacher-is-one-wh_2599560.jpg" --- > [The Master said, "A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/the-master-said-a-true-teacher-is-one-who-keeping-the-past-alive-is/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f8/confucius-164_able_the-master-said-a-true-teacher-is-one-wh_2599560.jpg) > [The Master said, “If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/the-master-said-if-your-conduct-is-determined-solely-by/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/742/confucius-164_consideration_the-master-said-if-your-conduct-is-deter_316093.jpg) > [Make faithfulness and truth thy masters: have no friends unlike thyself: be not ashamed to mend thy faults.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/make-faithfulness-and-truth-thy-masters-have-no-friends-unlike/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/166/confucius-164_ashamed_make-faithfulness-and-truth-thy-masters_116394.jpg) > [The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/the-master-was-entirely-free-from-four-things-prejudice-foregone/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62e/confucius-164_conclusion_the-master-was-entirely-free-from-four-t_207428.jpg) > [The vices come as passengers, visit us as guest and stay as masters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/the-vices-come-as-passengers-visit-us-as-guest-and-stay-as-masters/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67c/confucius-164_guests_the-vices-come-as-passengers-visit-us-as_2696410.jpg) > [The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.” (Analects 4.16)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/the-master-said-the-gentleman-understands-what-is-right-whereas-the/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d39/confucius-164_capitalism_the-master-said-the-gentleman-understand_2698271.jpg) > [Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/learn-as-though-you-would-never-be-able-to-master-it-hold-it-as/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/953/confucius-164_able_learn-as-though-you-would-never-be-able_966720.jpg) > [The man who is master of himself drinks gravely and wisely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/the-man-who-is-master-of-himself-drinks-gravely-and-wisely/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9dc/confucius-164_drink_the-man-who-is-master-of-himself-drinks_448389.jpg) > [Tsze-Kung asked, “Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?” The Master said, “Is not reciprocity such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/tsze-kung-asked-is-there-one-word-with-which-to-act-in-accordance/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/735/confucius-164_accordance_tsze-kung-asked-is-there-one-word-with-w_3212356.jpg) > [There is one single thread binding my way together...the way of the Master consists in doing one's best...that is all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/there-is-one-single-thread-binding-my-way-together-the-way-of-the/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0dc/confucius-164_action_there-is-one-single-thread-binding-my-wa_208772.jpg) > [The Master said, If out of the three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teachings, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/the-master-said-if-out-of-the-three-hundred-songs-i-had-to-take-one/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/732/confucius-164_education_the-master-said-if-out-of-the-three-hund_1680943.jpg) > [The Master said, “A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present.” (Analects 2.11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/the-master-said-a-true-teacher-is-one-who-keeping-the-past-alive-is-2/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c29/confucius-164_able_the-master-said-a-true-teacher-is-one-wh_2746882.jpg) > [The master said, 'Quietly to store up knowledge in my mind, to learn without flagging, to teach without growing weary, these present…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/the-master-said-quietly-to-store-up-knowledge-in-my-mind-to-learn/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe5/confucius-164_difficulty_the-master-said-quietly-to-store-up-know_2248676.jpg) > [The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/the-master-said-a-true-gentleman-is-one-who-has-set-his-heart-upon/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e00/confucius-164_ashamed_the-master-said-a-true-gentleman-is-one_1071461.jpg) > [The Master said, I set my heart on the Way, base myself on virtue, lean upon benevolence for support and take my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/the-master-said-i-set-my-heart-on-the-way-base-myself-on-virtue-lean/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fda/confucius-164_art_the-master-said-i-set-my-heart-on-the-wa_237812.jpg) > [The Master said of Gong Yechang, “He is marriageable. Although he was once imprisoned and branded as a criminal, he was in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/the-master-said-of-gong-yechang-he-is-marriageable-although-he-was/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b96/confucius-164_branded_the-master-said-of-gong-yechang-he-is-ma_2114350.jpg) > [The Master said, The case is like that of someone raising a mound. If he stops working, the fact that it perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/the-master-said-the-case-is-like-that-of-someone-raising-a-mound-if/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db2/confucius-164_cases_the-master-said-the-case-is-like-that-of_212365.jpg) > [The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/the-master-said-what-a-worthy-man-was-yan-hui-living-in-a-narrow/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/343/confucius-164_alleys_the-master-said-what-a-worthy-man-was-ya_2106925.jpg) > [The Master said, "To study, and then in a timely fashion to practice what you have learned - is this not satisfying?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/the-master-said-to-study-and-then-in-a-timely-fashion-to-practice/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/561/confucius-164_afar_the-master-said-to-study-and-then-in-a-t_590291.jpg) > [Kong Qiu, or Master Kong as he was known, did not live to see his days of glory. During his lifetime, his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/kong-qiu-or-master-kong-as-he-was-known-did-not-live-to-see-his-days/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00f/confucius-164_book_kong-qiu-or-master-kong-as-he-was-known_1839000.jpg) > [“At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/at-fifteen-i-set-my-heart-upon-learning-at-thirty-i-had-planted-my/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/780/confucius-164_bidding_at-fifteen-i-set-my-heart-upon-learning_2483572.jpg) > [The Master said, "Wealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/the-master-said-wealth-and-honor-are-things-that-all-people-desire/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/288/confucius-164_abandon_the-master-said-wealth-and-honor-are-thi_1127987.jpg) > [A disciple having asked for a definition of charity, the Master said LOVE ONE ANOTHER.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/a-disciple-having-asked-for-a-definition-of-charity-the-master-said/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/550/confucius-164_charity_a-disciple-having-asked-for-a-definition_1132032.jpg) ## Other authors on Masters ## More by Confucius > [Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/attack-the-evil-that-is-within-yourself-rather-than-attacking-the/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) > [The superior man is distressed by his want (lack) of ability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/the-superior-man-is-distressed-by-his-want-lack-of-ability/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) > [In ancient times, those who wished to illuminate the world with virtue first brought order to their nations. Wishing to order well their nations,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/in-ancient-times-those-who-wished-to-illuminate-the-world-with-virtue/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) > [Better than the one who knows what is right is the one who loves what is right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/better-than-the-one-who-knows-what-is-right-is-the-one-who-loves-what/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) > [Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/knowledge-is-merely-brilliance-in-organization-of-ideas-and-not/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) > [I live in a very small house, but my windows look out on a very large world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/i-live-in-a-very-small-house-but-my-windows-look-out-on-a-very-large/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) > [To rule a country of a thousand chariots, there must be reverent attention to business, and sincerity; economy in expenditure, and love for men;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/to-rule-a-country-of-a-thousand-chariots-there-must-be-reverent/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) > [The real fault is to have faults and not amend them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/the-real-fault-is-to-have-faults-and-not-amend-them/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) > [To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/to-know-what-you-know-and-what-you-do-not-know-that-is-true-knowledge/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) > [A picture is poem without words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/a-picture-is-poem-without-words/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) > [Heaven means to be one with God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/heaven-means-to-be-one-with-god/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) > [Does Heaven ever speak? The four seasons come and go, and all creatures thrive and grow. Does Heaven ever speak!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/does-heaven-ever-speak-the-four-seasons-come-and-go-and-all-creatures/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) > [To study and at times practice what one has learned, is this not a pleasure?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/to-study-and-at-times-practice-what-one-has-learned-is-this-not-a/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) > [Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/recompense-injury-with-justice-and-recompense-kindness-with-kindness/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) > [There is only one thing in life which never changes, and it is change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/there-is-only-one-thing-in-life-which-never-changes-and-it-is-change/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": 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