Confucius Quotes And Sayings

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“At fifteen my heart was set on learning; at thirty I stood firm; at forty I had no more doubts; at fifty I knew the mandate of heaven; at sixty my ear was obedient; at seventy I could follow my heart’s desire without transgressing the norm.”
– Confucius

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

“Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?”
– Confucius

“Consideration for others is the basic of a good life, a good society.”
– Confucius

“Great as heaven and earth are, men still find some things in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is that, were the superior man to speak of his way in all its greatness, nothing in the world would be found able to embrace it, and were he to speak of it in its minuteness, nothing in the world would be found able to split it.”
– Confucius

“He who will not economize will have to agonize.”
– Confucius

“How great is the path proper to the Sage! Like overflowing water, it sends forth and nourishes all things, and rises up to the height of heaven. All-complete is its greatness! It embraces the three hundred rules of ceremony, and the three thousand rules of demeanor. It waits for the proper man, and then it is trodden. Hence it is said, ‘Only by perfect virtue can the perfect path, in all its courses, be made a fact.’”
– Confucius

“I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep, for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.”
– Confucius

“If a man be under the influence of anger his conduct will not be correct.”
– Confucius

“If a man has no humaneness what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness what can his happiness be like?”
– Confucius

“If you make a mistake, do not be afraid to correct it.”
– Confucius

“In all things success depends on previous preparation, and without such previous preparation there is sure to be failure.”
– Confucius

“In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the target, he turns round and seeks for the cause of his failure in himself.”
– Confucius

“It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger.”
– Confucius

“Learn as though you would never be able to master it; Hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.”
– Confucius

“No matter where you go – there you are”
– Confucius

“Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.”
– Confucius

“Sincerity becomes apparent. From being apparent, it becomes manifest. From being manifest, it becomes brilliant. Brilliant, it affects others. Affecting others, they are changed by it. Changed by it, they are transformed. It is only he who is possessed of the most complete sincerity that can exist under heaven, who can transform.”
– Confucius

“Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.”
– Confucius

“The Path is not far from man. When men try to pursue a course, which is far from the common indications of consciousness, this course cannot be considered The Path.”
– Confucius

“The superior man does what is proper to the station in which he is; he does not desire to go beyond this. In a position of wealth and honor, he does what is proper to a position of wealth and honor. In a poor and low position, he does what is proper to a poor and low position.”
– Confucius

“The superior man examines his heart, that there may be nothing wrong there, and that he may have no cause for dissatisfaction with himself. That wherein the superior man cannot be equaled is simply this — his work which other men cannot see.”
– Confucius

“The superior man has nothing to compete for. But if he must compete, he does it in an archery match, wherein he ascends to his position, bowing in deference. Descending, he drinks the ritual cup.”
– Confucius

“The superior man honors his virtuous nature, and maintains constant inquiry and study, seeking to carry it out to its breadth and greatness, so as to omit none of the more exquisite and minute points which it embraces, and to raise it to its greatest height and brilliancy.”
– Confucius

“The superior man is all-embracing and not partial. The inferior man is partial and not all-embracing.”
– Confucius

“The superior man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.”
– Confucius

“The superior man, even when he is not moving, has a feeling of reverence, and while he speaks not, he has the feeling of truthfulness.”
– Confucius

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