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Best 231 Quotes by Confucius – Page 3 of 8

“He who will not economize will have to agonize.”

“He who wishes to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.”

“He who works for his own interests will arouse much animosity.”

“He with whom neither slander that gradually soaks into the mind, nor statements that startle like a wound in the flesh, are successful may be called intelligent indeed.”

“Humility is the solid foundation of all the virtues.”

“I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.”

“I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.”

“I followed my heart without breaking any rules.”

“I hear and I forget. I see and I believe. I do and I understand. ”

“I slept and dreamt life is beauty, I woke and found life is duty.”

“I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.”

“I’d rather die for speaking out, than to live and be silent.”

“If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.”

“If either wealth or poverty are come by honesty, there is no shame.”

“If I understand change, I shall make no great mistake in life.”

“If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.”

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“In the past, those who were able to regulate All-under-Heaven first had to regulate their own people; those who were able to overcome the enemy had first to overcome their own people.

The root of overcoming the people is controlling the people as the metalworker controls metal and the potter clay. When the roots are not firm, the people will be like flying birds and running animals: Who will then be able to regulate them?

The root of the people is law. Hence, those who excel at orderly rule block the people with law; then a good name and lands can be attained.”


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“If there were an honorable way to get rich, I’d do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with a whip. But there isn’t an honorable way, so I just do what I like.”

“If we don’t know life, how can we know death?”

“If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.”

“If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.”

“If you can practice these five things with all the people, you can be called jen.

Courtesy, generosity, honesty, persistence, and kindness.

If you are courteous, you will not be disrespected;
if you are generous, you will gain everything.
If you are honest, people will rely on you.
If you are persistent you will get results.
If you are kind, you can employ people.”

“If you can’t convince them, confuse them.”

“If you don't want to do something, don't impose on others.”

“If you look into your own heart, you find nothing wrong there, what is there to fear?”

“If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.”

“Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.”

“In a country well governed poverty is something to be ashamed of.”

“Isn't it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned? Isn't it also great when friends visit from distant places? If one remains not annoyed when he is not understood by people around him, isn't he a sage?”

“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you don’t stop.”

“It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.”

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“There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.”


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