1,153 Quotes by Confucius

One who never anticipates deceit or expects duplicity, and yet is the first to recognize such things – is that not a sage indeed?

Time flows away like the water in the river.

The Master said, “A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present.”(Analects 2.11)

Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

he who will not economize will have to agonize

It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up...

A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?

At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities. At fifty, I knew what were the biddings of Heaven. At sixty, I heard them with docile ear. At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of right.