Disclaimer: some of the quotes might be incorrectly attributed.
"A common man marvels at uncommon things; a wise man marvels at the commonplace." (Confucius)
"A man who has committed a mistake and doesn't correct it is committing another mistake." (Confucius)
"A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions." (Confucius)
"Ability will never catch up with the demand for it." (Confucius)
"An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger." (Confucius)
"And remember, no matter where you go, there you are." (Confucius)
"At first, my method with others was to listen to what they said, and expect them to act accordingly. Now, my method is to listen to what they say, and then observe what they do." (Confucius)
"Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes." (Confucius)
"Committing oneself to unsuitable teachings [/ methods] is no good." (Confucius)
"Consider people based on the way they come to you, not what they will do when they leave [based on their past experiences]… If someone purifies his mind to approach me, I accept his [current] pureness, without becoming a sponsor of his past." (Confucius)
"Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire." (Confucius)
"Don’t be concerned that you have no position; be concerned how you may fit yourself to occupy one. Don’t be concerned with being unknown; be concerned with being worthy of being known." (Confucius)
"Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." (Confucius)
"Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage." (Confucius)
"Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses." (Confucius)
"Good people strengthen themselves ceaselessly." (Confucius)
"Have no friends not equal to yourself." (Confucius)
"He does something [that he would talk about] first, and then speaks according to his actions." (Confucius)
"He who governs by way of virtue [/ excellence] can be compared to the [North] Pole Star, which keeps its place while all the other stars position themselves around it." (Confucius)
"He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger." (Confucius)
"He who reviews old knowledge and continues to learn new knowledge is fit to teach others." (Confucius)
"He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good." (Confucius)
"I am not someone born with wisdom - but I love teachings, and have diligently sought them." (Confucius)
"I don’t teach the student who isn’t eager to learn, nor do I help anyone who isn’t eager to express himself. If I present one corner of a subject and the student cannot use it to learn the other three, I won’t repeat my lesson." (Confucius)
"I have yet to find a person who loves virtue as much as sex." (Confucius)
"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." (Confucius)
"I know that birds can fly, fish can swim, and animals run. For those that run a net may be set, for those that swim a line cast, and for those that fly an arrow set free. But a dragon's ascent to heaven walks the wind and swims through clouds, and I know of no way to trap him. Today I have met Lao Tzu, who is both man and dragon."" (Confucius)
"I will not fret over being unknown to others; I will fret that I do not know them." (Confucius)
"If there is righteousness in the heart,
there will be beauty in the character.
If there is beauty in the character,
there will be harmony in the home.
If there is harmony in the home,
there will be order in the nation.
If there is order in the nation,
there will be peace in the world." (Confucius)
"If we don't know life, how can we know death?" (Confucius)
"If you govern people with laws and control them by punishment, they will seek to avoid punishment, but have no sense of Confucianism shame. If you govern them by virtue and control them with properness, they will have their own sense of shame, and guide themselves into doing good." (Confucius)
"If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?" (Confucius)
"Isn’t it a pleasure to consistently study, and apply what you have learned?" (Confucius)
"It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop." (Confucius)
"Knowing the truth is not as good as loving it; loving it is not as good as delighting in it." (Confucius)
"Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous," (Confucius)
"Man can make System great; it isn’t System which makes man great." (Confucius)
"My students, do you think I conceal things from you? I don’t conceal anything from you - there is nothing that I do that is not made known to you. This is the real me." (Confucius)
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." (Confucius)
"See a person’s actions. Observe his motives. Examine in what things he rests. How can a person conceal his character?" (Confucius)
"Study the past if you would divine the future." (Confucius)
"Study without reflection is a waste of time; reflection without study is dangerous." (Confucius)
"The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance." (Confucius)
"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials." (Confucius)
"The grass must bend when the wind blows across it." (Confucius)
"The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.” (Confucius)
"The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large." (Confucius)
"The object of the superior man is truth." (Confucius)
"The real fault is to have faults and not try to mend them." (Confucius)
"The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar." (Confucius)
"The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home." (Confucius)
"The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action." (Confucius)
"The superior man is modest in his speech, but excels in his actions." (Confucius)
"The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success comes only later." (Confucius)
"The superior person does not try to stuff himself when he eats… [and] is diligent in his work and careful in speech… Such a person is someone who can definitely be considered to love learning." (Confucius)
"The superior person is calm and composed; the lesser person is continuously worried and distressed." (Confucius)
"The superior person is concerned with his character;
the lesser person cares only about his wealth." (Confucius)
"The superior person is perceptive and not biased. The lesser person is biased and not perceptive." (Confucius)
"The way of a superior man is threefold: Virtuous, he is free from anxieties; wise, he is free from perplexities; bold, he is free from fear." (Confucius)
"They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom." (Confucius)
"To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it." (Confucius)
"To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short." (Confucius)
"To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one doesn't know what one doesn't know, there lies true wisdom." (Confucius)
"To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice." (Confucius)
"To lead an untrained people to war is to throw them away." (Confucius)
"To learn without thinking, one will be lost in his learning. To think without learning, one will be imperiled." (Confucius)
"To merely know is nothing compared to being interested to know, being interested to know is nothing compared to deriving joy from learning it." (Confucius)
"To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness." (Confucius)
"To see what is right, and not do it, is want of courage." (Confucius)
"Unify your attention. Do not listen with your ears, but with your mind. Do not listen with your mind but with your essence." (Confucius)
"We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression." (Confucius)
"What I hear, I forget. What I see, I remember. What I do, I understand." (Confucius)
"What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others." (Confucius)
"What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others." (Confucius)
"When anger rises, think of the consequences." (Confucius)
"When anger rises, think of the consequences." (Confucius)
"When I am with others, they are my teachers. I can select their good points and follow them, and select their bad points and avoid them." (Confucius)
"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps." (Confucius)
"When raw nature dominates training, you will be rustic. When training dominates raw nature, you will be clerical. When raw nature and training are combined well, you will be a superior person." (Confucius)
"When the mind is not present, we look and do not see; we hear and do not understand; we eat and do not know the taste of what we eat." (Confucius)
"When the superior person deals with the world, he does not prejudice his mind for or against anything - he just follows what is right." (Confucius)
"When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves." (Confucius)
"When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves." (Confucius)
"When you have faults, do not stop yourself from abandoning them." (Confucius)
"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." (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)
"When you see good [qualities] in a person, think of how to rise to that level. When you see bad [qualities] in a person, reflect inwards and examine your weak points." (Confucius)
"Whenever I walk among two other people, it does not matter their social status and accomplishments; at least one of them will be able to teach me the knowledge that I do not possess." (Confucius)
"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart." (Confucius)
"Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?" (Confucius)
"Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men." (Confucius)
"You can successfully force people to follow a certain course, but you cannot force them to understand it." (Confucius)
"You cannot open a book without learning something." (Confucius)
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