Confucius Quotes

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

If you shoot for the stars and hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot.

It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.

To love a thing means wanting it to live.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

He who will not economize will have to agonize.

You cannot open a book without learning something.

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

If we don't know life, how can we know death?

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

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

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.