1,153 Quotes by Confucius

When abroad, behaveto everyone as if interviewing an honored guest; in directing the people, act as if you were assisting at a great sacrafice; DO NOT DO TO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD NOT LIKE DONE TO YOURSELF: so there will be no murmuring against you in the country, and none in the family; your public life will arouse no ill-will nor your private life any resentment.

To know and not do, is to not yet know.

An image is better than one thousand words

The superior person tries to promote music as a means to the perfection of human culture. When such music prevails, and people's minds are led towards the right ideals and aspirations, we may see the appearance of a great nation.

From the Son of Heaven down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything besides.

To know your faults and be able to change is the greatest virtue.

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

He who is harmony with Nature hits the mark without effort and apprehends the truth without thinking.

Even if people do not know what real kindness is, they nonetheless have it within them.