1,153 Quotes by Confucius

Every man has two lives, and the second starts when he realizes he has just one

I am not worried that nobody knows me. I seek to become fit to be known

Success depends upon previous preparation.

Lead the people with administrative injunctions and put them in their place with penal law, and they will avoid punishments but will be without a sense of shame. Lead them with excellence and put them in their place through roles and ritual practices, and in addition to developing a sense of shame, they will order themselves harmoniously

He who is concerned only with the purity of his own life ruins the great human relations.

Aquellos de espíritu superior entienden la justicia. Los ordinarios, el beneficio.

Do not do to others what you do not want them to do to you.

Things have their roots and branches. Affairs have their beginnings and their ends. To know what is first and what is last will lead one near the Way.

The faults of the superior man are like the eclipses of the sun and moon. He has his faults, and all men see them; he changes, and all men look up to him.