Confucius: Trending quotes (page 8)

“A man without a mustache is a man without a soul.”

“Be strict with yourself but least reproachful of others and complaint is kept afar.”

“I followed my heart without breaking any rules.”

“The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.”

“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.”

“People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.”

“When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.”

“He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.”

“Virtue (or the man of virtue) is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.”

“The demands that good people make are upon themselves;
Those that bad people make are upon others.”

“Never tire to study. And to teach to others”

“He who flatters a man is his enemy. he who tells him of his faults is his maker.”

“If there were an honorable way to get rich, I’d do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with a whip. But there isn’t an honorable way, so I just do what I like.”

“Humankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.”

“Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.”

“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.”

“The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.”

“Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.”

“The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.”