1,153 Quotes by Confucius

If I understand Change, I shall make no great mistake in Life

Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.

Don't curse the darkness, light a candle.

Let every man consider virtue as what devolves on himself. He may not yield the performance of it even to his teacher.

He who requires much from himself and little from others, will keep himself from being the object of resentment.

A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.

In teaching there should be no distinction of classes.

Give a man a fish, feed home for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed for a lifetime.

Things being investigated, knowledge became complete. Their knowledge being complete, their thoughts were sincere. Their thoughts being sincere, their hearts were then rectified. Their hearts being rectified, their persons were cultivated. Their persons being cultivated, their families were regulated. Their families being regulated, their States were rightly governed. Their States being rightly governed, the whole kingdom was made tranquil and happy.