Confucius
Be aroused by poetry; structure yourself with propriety, refine yourself with music.Collection: Music
Who expects to be able to go out of a house except by the door? How is it then that no one follows this Way of ours?Collection: Doors
When a person should be spoken with, and you don't speak with them, you lose them. When a person shouldn't be spoken with and you speak to them, you waste your breath. The wise do not lose people, nor do they waste their breath.Collection: Wise
Women and people of low birth are very hard to deal with. If you are friendly to them, they get out of hand, and if you keep your distance, they resent it.Collection: Women
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.Collection: Life
When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self.Collection: Inspirational
Sincerity and truth are the basis of every virtue.Collection: Truth
Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.Collection: Love
Listen widely to remove your doubts and be careful when speaking about the rest and your mistakes will be few. See much and get rid of what is dangerous and be careful in acting on the rest and your causes for regret will be few. Speaking without fault, acting without causing regret: 'upgrading' consists in this.Collection: Regret
When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.Collection: Self
He who works for his own interests will arouse much animosityCollection: Love
A superior man is one who is free from fear and anxietiesCollection: Men
The ideal teacher guides his students but does not pull them along; he urges them to go forward and does not suppress them; he opens the way but does not take them to the place.Collection: Teacher
He is the truly courageous man who never desponds.Collection: Men
To know everything is to know nothing, but to know nothing is to know everything.Collection: Deep Life
One joy dispels a hundred cares.Collection: Peace
If you want to change the world, first change your heart.Collection: Success
Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.Collection: Achievement
There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life -reciprocity.Collection: Kindness
It is better to light one small candle of gratitude than to curse the darkness.Collection: Gratitude
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.Collection: Integrity
If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.Collection: Men
The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.Collection: Life
Wisdom is rooted in watching with affection the way people grow.Collection: People
Every truth has four corners: as a teacher I give you one corner, and it is for you to find the other three.Collection: Inspirational
To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.Collection: Wisdom
What the wise seek is in themselvesCollection: Wise
You will never know how sharp a sword is unless it's drawn from its sheathCollection: Know How
Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.Collection: Integrity
To become a leader, you must first become a human beingCollection: Leader
A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. If you are generous, you will gain everything.Collection: Hands
A heart set on love will do no wrong.Collection: Heart
Excessive (population) growth may reduce output per worker, repress levels of living for the masses and engender strifeCollection: Growth
When you are laboring for others, let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.Collection: Philosophical
One hundred women are not worth a single testicle.Collection: Hundred
A man should practice what he preaches, but a man should also preach what he practices.Collection: Men
Better than the one who knows what is right is the one who loves what is right.Collection: Knows
The chase of gain is rich in hateCollection: Hate
To think twice is quite enough.Collection: Thinking
Give a man a fish, feed home for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed for a lifetime.Collection: Home
I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.Collection: Friendship
To know it is not as good as to love it, and to love it is not as good as to take delight in it.Collection: Love
What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.Collection: Character
There are those men who say to repay evil with kindness. But I say, how then are we to repay kindness? Repay kindness with kindness, but repay evil with justice.Collection: Kindness
To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.Collection: Inspirational
Love is like a spice. It can sweeten your life - however, it can spoil it, too.Collection: Love