Confucius Quotes

You cannot open a book without learning something.

We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living

Not to talk with people although they can be talked with is to waste people. To talk with people although they can't be talked with is to waste words. A man of understanding does not waste people, but he also does not waste words.

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.

Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade.

Knowing it does not compare with loving it; loving it does not compare with delighting in it.

The Master said, “The gentleman does not serve as a vessel.”
(Analects 2.12)

What is governing to a man that can rule himself? If he cannot rule himself, how shall he rule others?

The wise are free from perplexities; the virtuous from anxiety; and the bold from fear.

Shredded Beef in Szechuan Sauce is the absolute shit.

They hate not to make use of their abilities... they do not necessarily work for their own self-interest.

los más competentes para que mantengan la paz y la concordia. Entonces los hombres no amarán sólo a los suyos, no procurarán sólo por sus propios hijos, sino que todos los ancianos tendrán sus últimos días tranquilos, todos los fuertes tendrán su trabajo útil, todos los niños serán estimulados en su crecimiento; los viudos y las viudas, los huérfanos y los solitarios, los débiles y los enfermos encontrarán amparo; los hombres tendrán su empleo, y las mujeres, su hogar. No se querrá que las mercancías se echen a perder; pero tampoco querrá nadie almacenarlas para sí mismo particularmente. No se querrá tampoco que el trabajo quede

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life

A young man should serve his parents at home and be respectful to elders outside his home. He should be earnest and truthful, loving all, but become intimate with humaneness. After doing this, if he has energy to spare, he can study literature and the arts.

To one who is not eager I do not reveal anything, nor do I explain anything to one who is not communicative. If I raise one corner for someone and he cannot come back with the other three, I do not go on.