Quotes by Confucius

"Study the past, if you would divine the future."

"Silence is a true friend who never betrays."

"Wherever you go, go with all your heart."

"The more you know yourself, the more you forgive yourself."

"To be wrong is nothing unless you continue to remember it."

"The cautious seldom err."

"What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others."

"Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher."

"The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress."

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."

"To study and not think is a waste. To think and not study is dangerous."

"I will not be concerned at other men is not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability."

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

"When you see a man of worth, think of how you may emulate him. When you see one who is unworthy, examine yourself."

"Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise?"

"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps."

"I am not bothered by the fact that I am unknown. I am bothered when I do not know others."

"The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions."