Analects Of Confucius Quotes

#1. Confucius said: "I do not see what use a man can be put to, whose word cannot be
trusted."
- The Analects of Confucius, 2.22
Confucius

Judith A. Boss

#2. The Master said of Gong Yechang, "He is marriageable. Although he was once imprisoned and branded as a criminal, he was in fact innocent of any crime." The Master gave him his daughter in marriage.
(Analects 5.1)

Confucius

#3. 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)

Confucius

#4. The eye that directs a needle in the delicate meshes of embroidery will equally well bisect a star with the spiderweb of the micrometer.

Maria Mitchell

#5. It is true I gained muscular vigour, but with it a prodigious appetite, which I was compelled to indulge, and consequently increased in weight, until my kind old friend advised me to forsake the exercise.

William Banting

#6. You don't have to live like this because people tell you it's the only way. You're not handcuffed to your culture!

Elizabeth Gilbert

#7. The Master said, "The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit."
(Analects 4.16)

Confucius

#8. The Master said, "A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present."
(Analects 2.11)

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#9. My paintings repeat a feeling about Lake Michigan, or water, or fields ... it's more like a poem ... and that's what I want to paint.

Joan Mitchell

#10. Nuclear abolition is the democratic wish of the world's people, and has been our goal almost since the dawn of the atomic age. Together, we have the power to decide whether the nuclear era ends in a bang or worldwide celebration.

Desmond Tutu

#11. the American West quietly became the first and most durable example of the modern welfare state. The

Marc Reisner

#12. The Master said, "To study, and then in a timely fashion to practice what you have learned - is this not satisfying? To have companions arrive from afar - is this not a joy? To remain unrecognized by others and yet remain free of resentment - is this not the mark of the gentleman?"
(Analects 1.1)

Confucius

#13. Letting off ammunition in every direction, Allah is my only protection. But wait a minute, Saddam Hussein prays the same.

Louis Eric Barrier

#14. I hate it when people don't spend the night.

Amanda Palmer

#15. Am so angry at you right now.

Zadie Smith

#16. The Master said, "The gentleman does not serve as a vessel."
(Analects 2.12)

Confucius

#17. Lettie sighed - wisdom seems to be highly correlated with sighing.

Laura May

#18. Caring for others creates the spirit of a nation.

Pat Nixon

#19. Grateful daughters of God guard their bodies carefully, for they know they are the wellsprings of life, and they reverence life. They don't uncover their bodies to find favor with the world. They walk in modesty to be in favor with their Father In Heaven. They know he loves them dearly.

Margaret D. Nadauld

#20. He who protests is an enemy; he who opposes is a corpse.

Pol Pot

#21. The Master said, "What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water - other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui's joy. What a worthy man was Hui!"
(Analects 6.11)

Confucius

#22. I was born in revolution.

Mary Harris Jones

#23. Many of the world's best-designed cities have been inspired by garden concepts.

Tom Turner