1,153 Quotes by Confucius

If I am walking with two other men, each of them I will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

That a man lives is because he is straight. That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate enough to be spared.

I do not enlighten those who are not eager to learn, nor arouse those who are not anxious to give an explanation themselves. If I have presented one corner of the square and they cannot come back to me with the other three, I should not go over the points again.

A lack of patience in trifling matters might lead to the disruption of great project.

The man of wisdom has no perplexity; the man of humanity has no worry; the man of courage has no fear.

If you did not do so for the sake of riches,You must have done so for the sake of novelty.

Rate the task above the prize; will not the mind be raised? Fight thine own faults, not the faults of others; will not evil be mended?

The superior person is calm and composed; the lesser person is continuously worried and distressed.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.