1,153 Quotes by Confucius

Respect yourself and others will respect you.

Student - "It is not that I do not delight in your Way, Master, it is simply that my strength is insufficient."Confucius - "Someone whose strength is genuinely insufficient collapses somewhere along the Way. As for you, you deliberately draw the line.

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.

Worthy admonitions cannot fail to inspire us, but what matters is changing ourselves. Reverent advice cannot fail to encourage us, but what matters is acting on it. Encouraged without acting, inspired without changing – there’s nothing to be done for such people.

Lord Chi Wen thought three times before taking any action. When the Master heard this, he said: Twice is plenty enough.

Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.

Writing cannot express all words, words cannot encompass all ideas.

Language is insight itself.