More Confucius Sayings And Quotations

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“He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own. ”
– Confucius

“Humility is the solid foundation of all the virtues.”
– Confucius

“I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.”
– Confucius

“I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.”
– Confucius

“I have never seen a man as fond of virtue as of women.”
– Confucius

“I want you to be everything that’s you, deep at the center of your being. ”
– Confucius

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

“If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.”
– Confucius

“If either wealth or poverty are come by honesty, there is no shame.”
– Confucius

“If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.”
– Confucius

“If one learns from others, but does not think, one will be bewildered. If, on the other hand, one thinks but does not learn from others, one will be in peril.”
– Confucius

“If you don’t know, recognise that you don’t know. If you know, acknowledge that you know. That is knowledge.”
– Confucius

“If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct? ”
– Confucius

“If you look into your own heart, you find nothing wrong there, what is there to fear?”
– Confucius

“If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.”
– Confucius

“Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.”
– Confucius

“In a country well governed poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed wealth is something to be ashamed of.”
– Confucius

“Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.”
– Confucius

“It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.”
– Confucius

“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.”
– Confucius

“It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness. ”
– Confucius

“It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.”
– Confucius

“It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.”
– Confucius

“It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.”
– 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

“Learning without thought is labor lost. Thought without learning is perilous. ”
– Confucius

“Life is a puzzle”
– Confucius

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
– Confucius

“Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!”
– Confucius

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