“Heaven begat Virtue in me; what can man do unto me?”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)
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Famous Confucius Quotes
“It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.”
Source: The Chinese Classics: The life and works of Mencius
“Learn, as if never overtaking your object, and yet as if apprehensive of losing it.”
Source: Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.”
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“The sun and moon shine on all without partiality.”
Source: Li Chi: Book of Rites: An Encyclopedia of Ancient Ceremonial Usages, Religious Creeds, and Social Institutions
Source: Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors”
Source: The Analects
Source: Li Chi: Book of Rites: An Encyclopedia of Ancient Ceremonial Usages, Religious Creeds, and Social Institutions