Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
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Famous Confucius Quotes
“There has never been a man mean and at the same time virtuous.”
“By gaining the people, the kingdom is gained; by losing the people, the kingdom is lost.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)
Source: The Great Learning (Unabridged)
Source: The Chinese Classics
“The rich fool is like a pig that is choked by its own fat.”
Source: The Analects
“The injury of prodigality leads to this, that he who will not economize will have to agonize.”
Source: THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS
“The man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks.”
Source: THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS
“A man exercising no forethought will soon experience present sorrow.”
Source: The Chinese Classics
“The superior man * * * in regard to his speech * * * is anxious that it should be sincere.”
“A happy union with wife and child is like the music of lutes and harps.”
Source: The Analects of Confucius In Plain and Simple English: BookCaps Study Guide
“I live in a very small house, but my windows look out on a very large world.”
“Shall I tell you what knowledge is? It is to know both what one knows and what one does not know.”
Source: The Best of Confucius
“If an urn lacks the characteristics of an urn, how can we call it an urn?”
Source: The Best of Confucius
“Stars are holes in the sky from which the light of the infinite shines.”
Source: The Chinese Classics
“A man should practice what he preaches, but a man should also preach what he practices.”
“A man living without conflicts, as if he never lives at all.”
Source: The Chinese Classics: The life and works of Mencius
Source: The Chinese Classics: The life and works of Mencius
Source: The Chinese Classics: The life and works of Mencius
Source: The Chinese Classics
“Only after Winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade.”
Source: Analects: With Selections from Traditional Commentaries
“Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity.”
Source: The Chinese Classics
“Knowledge is recognizing what you know and what you don't.”
Source: The Analects
“Those who break down the dikes will themselves be drowned in the inundation.”
“When you see a good man, think of emulating him; when you see a bad man, examine your own heart.”
Source: THE SAYINGS OF CONFUCIUS