Explore One Of The Most Wonderful 200 Powerful And Positive Golden Rule Confucius Quotes
01) ”It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.”
02) ”Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.”
03) ”The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid.”
04) ”It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.”
05) ”Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.”
06) ”The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.”
07) ”Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.”
08) ”The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.”
09) ”We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one.”
10) ”I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.”
11) ”What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.”
12) ”You cannot open a book without learning something.”
13) ”Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.”
14) ”Silence is a true friend who never betrays.”
15) ”When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.”
16) ”Respect yourself and others will respect you.”
17) ”The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”
18) ”To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.”
19) ”The funniest people are the saddest ones.”
20) ”Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.”
21) ”Study the past if you would define the future.”
22) ”If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.”
23) ”Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
24) ”The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
25) ”He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.”
25) ”Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.”
26) ”Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
27) ”It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
28) ”By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
29) ”Have no friends not equal to yourself.”
30) ”Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.”
31) ”The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”
32) ”Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.”
33) ”The Man who says he can, and the man who says he can not.. Are both correct.”
34) ”Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.”
35) ”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.”
36) ”It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.”
37) ”He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.”
38) ”Don’t complain about the snow on your neighbor’s roof when your own doorstep is unclean.”
39) ”Time flows away like the water in the river. ”
40) ”The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.”
41) ”When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.”
42) ”The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.”
43) ”To see what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice.”
44) ”Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace.”
45) ”A lion chased me up a tree, and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top.”
46) ”In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.”
47) ”If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children.”
48) ”Don’t do unto others what you don’t want done unto you.”
49) ”Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.”
50) ”When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.”
51) ”To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.”
52) ”Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.”
53) ”To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.”
54) ”Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.’
55) ”If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent.”
56) ”And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.”
57) ”Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.”
58) ”Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”
59) ”You will never know how sharp a sword is unless it’s drawn from its sheath.”
60) ”Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it.”
61) ”Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.”
62) ”The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear.”
63) ”The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.”
64) ”Settle one difficulty, and you keep a hundred away.”
65) ”Fix your mind on truth, hold firm to virtue, rely on loving kindness, and find your recreation in the Arts.”
66) ”If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.”
67) ”Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.”
68) ”When the wind blows,the grass bends.”
69) ”Behind every smile there’s teeth.”
70) ”By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.”
71) ”Those who know the TRUTH are not equal to those who love it.”
72) ”If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character. If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nations. When there is order in the nations, there will peace in the world.”
73) ”The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.”
74) ”A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace.”
75) ”Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be worth knowing.”
76) ”The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.”
77) ”The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does.”
78) ”roads were made for journeys not destinations.”
79) ”The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.”
80) ”If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.”
81) ”Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance.”
82) ”When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.”
83) ”He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.”
84) ”Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.”
85) ”Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”
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86) ”Learning without thinking is useless. Thinking without learning is dangerous.”
87) ”He who searches for evil, must first look at his own reflection.”
88) ”Your life is what your thoughts make it.”
89) ”Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.”
90) ”They must often change who would remain constant in happiness and wisdom.”
91) ”We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavoring to think so ourselves.”
92) ”he who will not economize will have to agonize.”
93) ”If you don’t want to do something,don’t impose on others.”
94) ”To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.”
95) ”The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.”
96) ”If there were one word that could act as a standard of conduct for one’s entire life, perhaps it would be ‘thoughtfulness.”
97) ”Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage.”
98) ”Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.”
99) ”To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.”
100) ”The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.”
101) ”As the water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it, so a wise man adapts himself to circumstances.”
102) ”If you expect great things of yourself and demand little of others, you’ll keep resentment far away.”
103) ”To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.”
104) ”A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.”
105) ”Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.”
106) ”It is only when mosquito land on your balls that you realize there is a way to solve problems without using violence.”
107) ”I followed my heart without breaking any rules.”
108) ”The demands that good people make are upon themselves; Those that bad people make are upon others.”
109) ”Humankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.”
110) ”Not to discuss with a man worthy of conversation is to waste the man. To discuss with a man not worthy of conversation is to waste words. The wise waste neither men nor words.”
111) ”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.”
112) ”All people are the same; only their habits differ.”
113) ”Virtue is never left to stand alone. He who has it will have neighbors.”
114) ”The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.”
115) ”Never tire to study. And to teach to others.”
116) ”He who flatters a man is his enemy. he who tells him of his faults is his maker.”
117) ”Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.”
118) ”“A man of humanity is one who, in seeking to establish himself, finds a foothold for others and who, in desiring attaining himself, helps others to attain.”
119) ”The journey with a 1000 miles begins with one step.”
120) ”Anyone can find the switch after the lights are on.”
121) ”The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.”
122) ”I am not concerned that I am not known; I seek to be worthy to be known.”
123) ”Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
124) ”There is nothing more real than what cannot be seen and there is nothing more certain than what cannot be heard.”
125) ”Care not for want of place; care for thy readiness to fill one. Care not for being unknown, but seek to be worthy of note.”
126) ”If either wealth or poverty are come by honesty, there is no shame.”
127) ”When everyone hates a person, you should investigate thoroughly, and when everyone loves a person, you should also investigate thoroughly.”
128) ”Return good for good; return evil with justice.”
129) ”You can force the people to obey; you cannot force them to understand.”
130) ”’If I understand Change, I shall make no great mistake in Life.”
131) ”Those who cannot forgive others break the bridge over which they themselves must pass.”
132) ”Where words lose their meaning, people lose their lives.”
133) ”Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.”
134) ”The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.”
135) ”It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up.”
136) ”The man who chases two rabbits, catches neither.”
137) ”Writing cannot express all words, words cannot encompass all ideas.”
138) ”To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.”
139) ”He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.”
140) ”If a craftsman wants to do good work, he must first sharpen his tools.”
141) ”Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.”
142) ”Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of man.”
143) ”Nothing is more visible than things hidden; Nothing is more manifest than things minute; Therefore, the superior man should be aware of his aloneness.”
144) ”Walking among three people, I find my teacher among them. I choose that which is good in them and follow it, and that which is bad and change it.”
145) ”Every man has two lives, and the second starts when he realizes he has just one.”
146) ”A man should demand much from himself, but little from others. When you meet a man of worth, think how you may attain to his excellence. When you meet an unworthy one, then look within and examine yourself.”
147) ”The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his actions.”
148) ”Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills.”
149) ”The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.”
150) ”Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.”
151) ”Think of tomorrow, the past can’t be mended.”
152) ”No matter how busy you make think you are you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.”
153) ”Imagination is more important than knowledge.”
154) ”those who understands is not better than those who appreciates, those who appreciates is not better than those who enjoys.”
155) ”The one who teaches is the giver of eyes.”
156) ”When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it–this is knowledge.”
157) ”Even four harnessed horses cannot bring imprudent words back into the mouth.”
158) ”Better light a candle than curse the darkness.”
159) ”The wise never doubt. The Humane never worry. The brave never fear.”
160) ”There is never a case when the root is in order and yet the branches are in order.”
161) ”The noble-minded worry about their lack of ability, not about people’s failure to recognize their ability.”
162) ”Success depends upon previous preparation.”
163) ”In worthy teaching, all things are related.”
164) ”No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.”
165) ”To rank the effort above the prize may be called love.”
166) ”Respect the gods and the devils but keep them at a distance.”
167) ”If things far away don’t concern you, you’ll soon mourn things close at hand.”
168) ”There are those who act without knowing; I will have none of this. To hear a lot, choose the good, and follow it, to see a lot and learn to recognize it: this is next knowledge.”
169) ”He who studies but does not think is lost; he who thinks but does not study is dangerous.”
170) ”Do everything in moderation, even moderation.”
171) ”Don’t worry if you have no position: worry about making yourself worthy of one. Don’t worry if you aren’t known and admired: devote yourself to a life that deserves admiration.”
172) ”If you want to make a stand, help others make a stand, and if you want to reach your goal, help others reach their goal. Consider yourself and treat others accordingly: this is the method of Humanity.”
173) ”Study the past to define the future.”
174) ”He who wishes to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.”
175) ”When respect is shown according to what is proper, one keeps far from shame and disgrace.”
176) ”The noble minded act before speak, then they speak according to their actions.”
177) ”A man is great not because he hasn’t failed; a man is great because failure hasn’t stopped him.”
178) ”When words lose their meaning, people lose their freedom.”
179) ”They will do; but they are not equal to him, who, though poor, is yet cheerful, and to him, who, though rich, loves the rules of propriety.”
180) ”The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.”
181) ”The nobler type of man is broad-minded and not prejudiced. The inferior man is prejudiced and not broad-minded.”
182) ”When we see men of worth, we should think of equalling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.”
183) ”Things that are done, it is needless to speak about; things that have had their course, it is needless to remonstrate about; things that are past, it is needless to blame.”
184) ”Knowing it does not compare with loving it; loving it does not compare with delighting in it.”
185) ”What you don´t want done to yourself, do not do to others.”
186) ”While they have not got their aims, their anxiety is how to get them. When they have got them, their anxiety is lest they should lose them.”
187) ”No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.”
188) ”The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.”
189) ”You yourself desire rank and standing; then help others to get rank and standing. You want to turn your merits to account; then help others to turn theirs to account.”
190) ”Those who understand a thing are not equal to those who are fond of it, and those who are fond of it are not equal to those who delight in it.”
191) ”Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing.”
192) ”Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.”
193) ”You do not understand even life. How can you understand death?”
194) ”The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.”
195) ”We all have two lives, your second one begins when you realize you’ve only got one.”
196) ”It doesn’t matter how slowly you go as long as you don’t stop.”
197) ”When anger rises, think of the consequences.”
198) ”Do not worry people not knowing you but strive so that you may worth knowing”
199) ”A seed grows with no sound, but a tree falls with a huge noise. Destruction has noise, but creation is quiet. This is the power of silence. Grow silently.”
200) ”There are 1,000 lessons in defeat but only one in victory.”
