Category Quotations

Confucius says: “What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.”

Confucius says: “Tsze-Kung asked, “Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?” The Master said, “Is not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”

Confucius says: “True wisdom is knowing what you don’t know”

Confucius says: “To see what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.”

Confucius says: “To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate…

Confucius says: “To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.”

Confucius says: “To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.”

Confucius says: “Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass.”

Confucius says: “The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.”

Confucius says: “The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”