1,153 Quotes by Confucius

Riches and honor are what everyone desires, but if they can be gained only by doing evil, they must not be held. Don't worry about not being in office, worry about qualifying yourself for office. Don't worry that no one knows you, but seek to be worthy of being known.

Wisdom is worried for being slow in its speech and expeditious in its actions.

The Master was entirely free from four things: prejudice, foregone conclusions, obstinacy, and egoism.

If I give a student one-fourth of what he should know, I expect him to get the other three-fourths himself, otherwise I do not want him as a student.

The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

If one is guided by profit in one's actions, one will incur much ill will.

When words lose their meaning, people lose their liberty.

The highest kind of man is the one who does before talking and practices what he professes.

Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws.