1,153 Quotes by Confucius

The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.

In dealing with the dead, if we treat them as if they were entirely dead, that would show a want of affection and should not be done; or, if we treat them as if they were entirely alive, that would show a want of wisdom and should not be done.

If you try to do too much, you will not achieve anything.

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

You can cheat an honest man but not make a fool out of him.

There are three marks of a superior man: being virtuous, he is free from anxiety; being wise, he is free from perplexity; being brave, he is free from fear.

She who is born with beauty is born with a sorrow for many a man.

Knowledge is recognizing what you know and what you don't.

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