Chinese Quotes

872 Chinese quotes by 560 unique authors

What you do not wish upon yourself, extend not to others. — Confucius
Never hesitate to ask a lesser person. — Confucius
Past scholars studied to improve themselves; Today's scholars study to impress others. — Confucius
Respect the gods and the devils but keep them at a distance — Confucius
Justice for All in the World — Confucius
With strength to lift mountains and spirit to take on the World — Xiang Yu
Life is finite, While knowledge is infinite. — Zhuangzi
The World is Large - Its beauty indescrible. — Zhuangzi
Black cat or white cat: If it can catch mice, it's a good cat — Deng Xiaoping
Without going outside, you may know the whole world! — Laozi
He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be… — Confucius
What we do in our group is the opposite of the bad effects of globalization. We produce in Italy and in France and we sell… — Bernard Arnault
Macau is democratic and free enough.. it's prosperous enough. Why do people need to do this?. — Stanley Ho
China had never had to deal in a world of countries of approximately equal strength, and so to adjust to such a world, is in… — Henry A. Kissinger
Stop viewing China like it's the Cold War. Start viewing them as a modern member of the industrialized world. — James Packer
On matters beyond his ken a gentleman speaks with caution. If names are not right, words are misused. When words are misused, affairs go wrong.… — Confucius
To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge. When you say something, say what you know. When… — Confucius
The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant. — Confucius
The whole end of speech is to be understood. — Confucius
The spark from a tiny star can ignite the plains. — Mao Zedong
When there are duties to perform [true] servants and sons serve their labors. — Confucius
Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it — Zhuangzi
Right is not right; so is not so. If right were really right it would differ so clearly from not right that there would be… — Zhuangzi
You can't get good chinese takeout in China and cuban cigars are rationed in Cuba. That's all you need to know about communism. — P.J. O'Rourke
You can't help but feel that the Chinese people are a subspecies. — Steven Morrissey

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