I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability. — Confucius Copy Share Image
If you want happiness for a year, inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. — Confucius Copy Share Image
I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Care not for want of place; care for thy readiness to fill one. Care not for being unknown, but seek to be… — Confucius Copy Share Image
If you yourself desire establishment, then help others to get establishment; if you yourself want success, then help others to attain success. — Confucius Copy Share Image
If I give a student one-fourth of what he should know, I expect him to get the other three-fourths himself, otherwise I… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Of course you want to be rich and famous. It's natural. Wealth and fame are what every man desires. The question is:… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Tsze-Kung asked, “Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?” The Master said, “Is not reciprocity such… — Confucius Copy Share Image
In dealing with the dead, if we treat them as if they were entirely dead, that would show a want of affection… — Confucius Copy Share Image
I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being. — Confucius Copy Share Image
To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but in wanting what you have — 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
