Quotes from Confucius

Exemplary people concern themselves with virtue, small people concern themselves with territory. The ruling class thinks of punishment, the lower classes hope for benevolence.

Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity.

Humanity is the equity of the heart.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances.

If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.

Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

Men do not stumble over mountains, but over mole hills.

Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.

The Man who says he can, and the man who says he can not.. Are both correct

When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.

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

Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

An inch of time on the sundial is worth more than a foot of jade.

With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bent arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of all these things.

If a man sets his heart on benevolence he will be free from evil.

Not to alter one's faults is to be faulty indeed.

He who is concerned only with the purity of his own life ruins the great human relations.

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.

Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass.

Seek Not Every Quality In One Individual.

Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.