The quotations of

Confucius

5th-century BCE Chinese philosopher and politician

551–479 BC

28 quotes, most often on Education, Virtue and Truth & Lies. Part of the Philosophers collection.

The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration: this may be called perfect virtue.
Analects, Chapter VI
- Success
- Virtue
Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by example, subdue them by courtesy; they will learn shame, and come to be good.
Analects, Chapter II
- Laws
- Leadership
If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.
Analects, Chapter XIII
- Truth & Lies
The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.
Analects, Chapter VII, § 36
- Character
- Happiness
If I hear the Way [of truth] in the morning, I am content even to die in that evening.
Analects, Chapter IV
- Life & Death
- Truth & Lies
They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.
Analects, Chapter VI
- Truth & Lies
I am not concerned that I have no place; I am concerned how I may fit myself for one. I am not concerned that I am not known; I seek to be worthy to be known.
Analects, Chapter IV
- Fame
In archery we have something like the way of the superior man. When the archer misses the center of the target, he turns round and seeks for the cause of his failure in himself.
The Doctrine of the Mean
- Failure
- Responsibility
When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
Analects, Chapter I
- Advice
- Character
What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
Analects, Chapter XV, § 23
- Morality
Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
Analects, Chapter I
- Virtue
When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them.
Analects, Chapter VII
- Education
I am not bothered by the fact that I am not understood. I am bothered when I do not know others.
Analects, Chapter I
- Wisdom

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