1,153 Quotes by Confucius

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.

The funniest people are the saddest once.

Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Shall I teach you what knowledge? When you know a thing, say that you know it; when you do not know a thing, admit that you do not know it. That is knowledge.

The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does.

To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.

Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance.

To see what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.