Confucius Quotes And Sayings

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“The virtuous man is driven by responsibility, the non-virtuous man is driven by profit.”
– Confucius

“The way of Heaven and Earth may be completely declared in one sentence: They are without any doubleness, and so they produce things in a manner that is unfathomable.”
– Confucius

“The way of the superior man may be compared to what takes place in traveling, when to go to a distance we must first traverse the space that is near, and in ascending a height, when we must begin from the lower ground.”
– Confucius

“The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.”
– Confucius

“There is nothing more visible than what is secret, and nothing more manifest than what is minute.” Therefore the superior man is watchful over himself, when he is alone.”
– Confucius

“They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.”
– Confucius

“They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.”
– Confucius

“Things have their root and their branches. Affairs have their end and their beginning. To know what is first and what is last will lead near to what is taught in the Great Learning.”
– Confucius

“To be fond of learning is to be near to knowledge. To practice with vigor is to be near to magnanimity. To possess the feeling of shame is to be near to energy.”
– Confucius

“To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous.”
– Confucius

“What the great learning teaches, is to illustrate illustrious virtue; to renovate the people; and to rest in the highest excellence.”
– Confucius

“When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.”
– Confucius

“When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path.”
– Confucius

“When the Superior Man eats he does not try to stuff himself; at rest he does not seek perfect comfort; he is diligent in his work and careful in speech. He avails himself to people of the Tao and thereby corrects himself. This is the kind of person of whom you can say, ‘he loves learning.’”
– Confucius

“When we have intelligence resulting from sincerity, this condition is to be ascribed to nature; when we have sincerity resulting from intelligence, this condition is to be ascribed to instruction. But given the sincerity, and there shall be the intelligence; given the intelligence, and there shall be the sincerity.”
– Confucius

“When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.”
– Confucius

“When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self.”
– Confucius

“Worry not that no one knows of you; seek to be worth knowing.”
– Confucius

“You cannot open a book without learning something.”
– Confucius

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