Best Confucius Quotes

#1. Do unto others what you want done unto you.

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#2. The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous.

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#3. Don't look for a black cat in a dark room, especially if it is not there ...

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#4. Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

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#5. When three persons work together, each can be the teacher in some aspects

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#6. If you reflect within yourself and find nothing to be ashamed of, how could you have anxiety or fear.

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#7. We should worship as though the deity were present.

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#8. It was by music that the ancient kings gave elegant expression to their joy. By their armies and axes they gave the same to their anger.

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#9. When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.

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#10. The object of the superior man is truth.

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#11. If one leads them with administrative measures and uses punishments to make them conform, the people will be evasive, but if one leads them with virtue, they will come up to expectations.

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#12. The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.

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#13. They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.

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

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#15. It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.

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#16. There is one single thread binding my way together ... the way of the Master consists in doing one's best ... that is all.

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#17. When a man comes to me, I accept him at his best, not at his worst. Why make so much ado? When a man washes his hands before paying a visit, and you receive him in that clean state, you do not thereby stand surety for his always having been clean in the past.

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#18. Whatever heaven ordains is best.

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#19. Clever talk and domineering manner have little to with being a Man at His Best.

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#20. Confucius would give his seat to an old woman. Communist cadres, on the other hand, took the best seats and called it a cultural revolution.

Gerald Vizenor

#21. You know, I met a wise man centuries ago in China who said to me, 'He who lets fear rule him, has fear for a master. (Acheron)
Confucius? (Talon)
No, Minh-Quan. He was a fisherman who used to sell what I'm told was the best zong zi ever made. (Acheron)

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#22. In speaking, it is best to be clear and say just enough to convey the meaning.

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#23. In a hamlet of ten households, there are bound to be those who are my equal in doing their best for others and in being trustworthy in what they say, but they are unlikely to be as eager to learn as I am.

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#24. The love to Wisdom is getting closer to the own bright path.

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#25. What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.

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#26. The superior person is in harmony, but does not follow the crowd. The lesser person follows the crowd, but is not in harmony.

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#27. A superior man may be made to go to the well, but he cannot be made to go down into it. He may be imposed upon, but he cannot be fooled.

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#28. Is it not indeed a pleasure to acquire knowledge and constantly to exercise oneself therein?

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#29. Remember even when alone, that the divine is everywhere.

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#30. I used to take on trust a man's deeds after having listened to his words. Now having listened to a man's words I go on to observe his deeds.

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#31. Justice is like the north star, which is fixed, and all the rest revolve about it.

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#32. As Confucius said many years ago:

Robin S. Sharma

#33. I do not suspect that Jefferson or Madison ever envisioned Congress honoring the 2,560th anniversary of the birth of Confucius or supporting the designation of National Pi Day.

Eric Cantor

#34. Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.

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#35. Adept Lu spent a night at Stone Date, and the gatekeeper asked: Where are you from? From the House of Confucius, replied Lu. Isn't he the one who knows it's hopeless, but keeps trying anyway?

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#36. Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

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#37. Confucius taught this when he said, "The superior man seeks what is right; the inferior man, what is profitable.

Bohdi Sanders

#38. Learning, undigested by thought, is labor lost.

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#39. Among his own country folk Confucius wore a homely look, like one that has no word to say.

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#40. Exemplary people concern themselves with virtue,
small people concern themselves with territory. The ruling class
thinks of punishment, the lower classes hope for benevolence.

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#41. A man who reviews the old so as to find out the new is qualified to teach others.

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#42. Does Heaven ever speak? The four seasons come and go, and all creatures thrive and grow. Does Heaven ever speak!

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#43. When a man feels the difficulty of doing, can he be other than cautious and slow in speaking?

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#44. Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.

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#45. If the search for riches were sure to be successful, though I should become a groom with a whip in my hand to get them, I will do so. As the search may not be successful, I will follow after that which I love.

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#46. He who searches for evil, must first look at his own reflection.

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