1,153 Quotes by Confucius

You must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.

A person of character takes as much trouble to discover what is right as the lesser men take to discover what will pay.

Thought, unassisted by learning, is dangerous.

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.

Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass.

Eat at your own as you would the table of a king.

To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of what it means to be happy or content.

It is the obligation of the ruler to continually renew himself in order to renew the people by his example.

A gentleman does not promote a man on account of what he says; nor does he reject sayings, because the speaker is what he is.