Category Quotations

Confucius says: “Be strict with yourself but least reproachful of others and complaint is kept afar.”

Confucius says: “Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.”

Confucius says: “Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.”

Confucius says: “As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances.”

Confucius says: “A man who has committed a mistake and doesn’t correct it, is committing another mistake.”

Confucius says: “A man should demand much from himself, but little from others. When you meet a man of worth, think how you may attain to his excellence. When you meet an unworthy one, then look within and examine yourself.”

Confucius says: “A man of humanity is one who, in seeking to establish himself, finds a foothold for others and who, in desiring attaining himself, helps others to attain.”