1,153 Quotes by Confucius

The one who was born a genius can't win against the one who tries, and the one who tries can't win against the one who enjoys.

To be wrong is nothing unless you continue to remember it

What you know you know. What you don't know, you don't know. This is knowledge.

A hammer shatters glass but it also forges steel.

There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.

Without goodness a man cannot endure adversity for long, nor can he enjoy prosperity for long. The good man is naturally at ease with goodness. The wise man cultivates goodness for its advantage.

To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue. They are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.

The superior person is in harmony, but does not follow the crowd. The lesser person follows the crowd, but is not in harmony.

The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.