1,153 Quotes by Confucius

Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?

He who fails to prepare, prepares to fail

He who crosses the ocean twice without washing is a dirty double crosser.

If you don't know the life yet, how could be possible for you to know the death?

If some years were added to my life, I would give fifty to the study of the Yi, and then I might come to be without great faults.

What you do not wish upon yourself, extend not to others.

Let our reason, and not our senses, be the rule of our conduct; for reason will teach us to think wisely, to speak prudently, and to behave worthily.

Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses.

When you see a good man, think of emulating him; when you see a bad man, examine your own heart.