Confucius Quotes

The gentleman understands what is moral. The small man understands what is profitable.

Don't do unto others what you don't want done unto you.

由，誨女知之乎，知之為知之，不知為不知，是知也。

When respect is shown according to what is proper, one keeps far from shame and disgrace.

The Master said, “A true gentleman is one who has set his heart upon the Way. A fellow who is ashamed merely of shabby clothing or modest meals is not even worth conversing with.”
(Analects 4.9)

Your life is what your thoughts make it.

A conversa impregnada de vaidade e o pretensiosismo são raramente compatíveis com a virtude.

One who never anticipates deceit or expects duplicity, and yet is the first to recognize such things – is that not a sage indeed?

The Master said, 'Respectfulness, without the rules of propriety, becomes laborious bustle; carefulness, without the rules of propriety, becomes timidity; boldness, without the rules of propriety, becomes insubordination; straightforwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.

«Cuando venza la gran verdad, entonces la tierra será propiedad de todos. Se escogerá a los más sabios y a

I am not concerned that I am not known; I seek to be worthy to be known.

American beer like sex on boat. Both fucking close to water.

he had four of the characteristics of a superior man: — in his conduct of himself, he was humble; in serving his superiors, he was respectful; in nourishing the people, he was kind; in ordering the people, he was just.

The noble-minded are all-encompassing, not stuck in doctrines. Little people are stuck in doctrines.

he who will not economize will have to agonize