Confucius Quotes

“He who kisses girl on hillside is not level”

“He who crosses the ocean twice without washing is a dirty double crosser.”

“The injury of prodigality leads to this, that he who will not economize will have to agonize.”

“Baseball is wrong, man with four balls cannot walk”

“Don't be concerned about others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.”

“Keep it simple and focus on what matters. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed.”

“The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?”

“When abroad, behaveto everyone as if interviewing an honored guest; in directing the people, act as if you were assisting at a great sacrafice; DO NOT DO TO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD NOT LIKE DONE TO YOURSELF: so there will be no murmuring against you in the country, and none in the family; your public life will arouse no ill-will nor your private life any resentment.”

“Excessive (population) growth may reduce output per worker, repress levels of living for the masses and engender strife”

“From the Son of Heaven down to the mass of the people, all must consider the cultivation of the person the root of everything besides.”

“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.”

“Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.”

“Let mourning stop when one's grief is fully expressed.”

“Signs and symbols rule the world, not words nor laws.”

“A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.”

“Be in harmony, yet be different.”

“The person who is not strong enough gives up at the halfway point - but you are limiting yourself before even starting.”

“he who will not economize will agonize”

“The Master said, "A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present."”

“When frying small fish, disturb them little.”

“Cultivate the root; the leaves and branches will take care of themselves.”

“The superior man is slow in his words and earnest in his conduct.”

“In language clarity is everything.”

“If the people be led by laws, and uniformity sought to be given them by punishments, they will try to avoid the punishment, but have no sense of shame.”

“At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of right.”