1,153 Quotes by Confucius

The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, "I shall today be uppermost

Future generation is the most important thing.

Let a man be stimulated by poetry, established by the rules of propriety, and perfected by music.

The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, ''I shall today be uppermost.''

Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away.

I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.

Wouldst thou know if a people be well governed, or if its laws be good or bad, examine the music it practices.

A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake.

The people may be made to follow a path of action but they may not be made to understand it.