Quotes from Confucius
The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.
— Confucius
There is one single thread binding my way together...the way of the Master consists in doing one's best...that is all.
— Confucius
It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.
— Confucius
Of all that Heaven produces and nourishes, there is none so great as man.
— Confucius
When superiors are fond of showing their humanity, inferiors try to outstrip one another in their practice of it.
— Confucius
There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.
— Confucius
There is good government when those who are near are made happy, and when those who are afar are attracted.
— Confucius
Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be worth knowing.
— Confucius
A disciple having asked for a definition of charity, the Master said LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
— Confucius
People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.
— Confucius
By the ruler's cultivation of his own character there is set up the example of the course which all should pursue.
— Confucius
If some years were added to my life, I would give fifty to the study of the Yi, and then I might come to be without great faults.
— Confucius