When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his… — Confucius Copy Share Image
A gentleman can see a question from all sides without bias. The small man is biased and can see a question only… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The superior man is quiet and calm, waiting for the appointments of heaven, while the mean man walks in dangerous paths, looking… — Confucius Copy Share Image
A good man regards the root; he fixes the root, and ail else flows out of it. The root is filial piety;… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Not knowing life, how can we know death? Why talk of spirits when you do not understand men? — Confucius Copy Share Image
Look closely into his aims, observe the means by which he pursues them, discover what brings him content - and can the… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The Way is not for, but from, man; if we take the Way as something superhuman, beyond man, this is not the… — Confucius Copy Share Image
A reasonable man adjusts himself to the world. An unreasonable man expects the world to adjust itself to him. Therefore all progress… — Confucius Copy Share Image
In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the target, he… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Not to converse with a man worthy of conversation is to waste the man. To converse with a man not worthy of… — Confucius Copy Share Image
While the gentleman cherishes benign rule, the small man cherishes his native land. While the gentleman cherishes a respect for the law,… — Confucius Copy Share Image
There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The administration of government lies in getting proper men. Such men are to be got by means of the ruler's own character.… — Confucius Copy Share Image
If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The Master said, “What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and… — Confucius Copy Share Image
He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him; He Who Knows Not And Knows Not… — Confucius Copy Share Image
In old days men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study in order to impress other people. — Confucius Copy Share Image
The superior man is universally minded and no partisan. The inferior man is a partisan and not universal. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. — Confucius Copy Share Image
The superior man governs men, according to their nature, with what is proper to them, and as soon as they change what… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Many seek happiness higher than men; others beneath him. But happiness is the same height as man. — Confucius Copy Share Image
When a man is guided by the principles of reciprocity and consciousness, he is not far from the moral law. Whatever you… — Confucius Copy Share Image
When you see a good man, think of emulating him; when you see a bad man, examine your own heart. — Confucius Copy Share Image
The good man does not grieve that other people do not recognize his merits. His only anxiety is lest he should fail… — Confucius Copy Share Image
If a man is not good, what has he to do with the rules of propriety? If he is not good, what… — Confucius Copy Share Image
In antiquity men studied for their own sake; nowadays men study for the sake of impressing others. — Confucius Copy Share Image
A wise man seeks by music to strengthen his soul: the thoughtless one uses it to stifle his fears. — Confucius Copy Share Image
The superior man accords with the course of the Mean. Though he may be all unknown, unregarded by the world, he feels… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Great is the man who can overcome the world, but greater still is the man who can overcome himself, for he will… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Of neighborhoods, benevolence is the most beautiful. How can the man be considered wise who when he had the choice does not… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The superior man, extensively studying all learning, and keeping himself under the restraint of the rules of propriety, may thus likewise not… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The superior man sets his person at rest before he moves; he composes his mind before he speaks. — 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
That a man lives is because he is straight. That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Without that innate sense of human worth, a man cannot long endure adversity, nor can he long enjoy prosperity. — Confucius Copy Share Image
A superior man may be made to go to the well, but he cannot be made to go down into it. He… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The superior man is easy to serve, but difficult to please ... The inferior man is difficult to serve, but easy to please. — Confucius Copy Share Image
The man of perfect virtue, wishing to be established himself, seeks also to establish others; wishing to be enlarged himself, he seeks… — 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
To study and at times practice what one has learned, is this not a pleasure? — Confucius Copy Share Image
