1,153 Quotes by Confucius

Love makes a spot beautiful: who chooses not to dwell in love, has he got wisdom?

He does not preach what he practices till he has practiced what he preaches.

Don't use cannon to kill musquito.

We take great pains to persuade other that we are happy than in to think so ourselves.

One hundred women are not worth a single testicle.

When things are investigated, then true knowledge is achieved; when true knowledge is achieved, then the will becomes sincere; when the will is sincere, then the heart is set right ; when the heart is set right, then the personal life is cultivated; when the personal life is cultivated, then the family life is regulated; when the family life is regulated, then the national life is orderly; and when the national life is orderly, then there is peace in this world.

Happiness is not at the top of the mountain, but in how to climb.

It is only the wisest and the stupidest that cannot change.

What the wise seek is in themselves