Quotes About Confucius

In old days men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study in order to impress other people.

Learning without thinking is useless. Thinking without learning is dangerous. Confucius, LúnyÅ­ (Analects), ii. 15

As Confucius once said, 'He who does nothing is the one who does nothing.' Gabby pondered the words, the furrowed her brow. did Confucius really say that? Sunglasses in place, Stephanie managed the tiniest of shrugs. No, but who cared? The point is, they handled, and most likely they found some sort of self-satisfaction in their industrious-ness. Who am I to deprive them of that?

Confucius is like the Torah, rules to follow. And Lao-Tzu is even more conservative, saying that if you do nothing you won't break any rules. You have to let tradition fall sometime, you have to take action, you have to eat bacon.

If your politics puts you at the unorthodox end of the spectrum, you can remind the Party that Confucius also talked about the Mandate of Heaven, the concept that the people could overthrow unjust rulers.

Confucius say: "Baseball wrong — man with four balls cannot walk."

Confucius perspired out more knowledge than the U.S. Senate has vocalized out in the last 50 years.

The Way is not for, but from, man; if we take the Way as something superhuman, beyond man, this is not the real Way.

Baseball is wrong, man with four balls cannot walk

The superior man is intelligently, not blindly, faithful.

Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.

If Confucius wasn't born, the long night would have no bright lamp.

Confucius, who was born in the sixth century B.C., traditionally had a stature in China akin to that of Socrates in the West.

Confucius, the Chinese philosopher, born 551 B. C., said: "Obey Heaven, and follow the orders of Him who governs it. Love your neighbor as yourself. Do to another what you would he should do unto you; and do not unto another what you would should not be done unto you; thou only needest this law alone, it is the foundation and principle of all the rest. Acknowledge thy benefits by the return of other benefits, but never revenge injuries." [415:1]

Scotch Kirk, speaking of the precept uttered by Confucius, five hundred years before the time assigned for the birth of Jesus of Nazareth ("Whatsoever ye would not that others should do unto you, do not ye unto them"), says: "That Confucius is the author of this precept is undisputed, and therefore it is indisputable that Christianity has incorporated an article of Chinese morality.

Calling Confucius a philosopher is the wrong classification. Like calling a whale a fish.

I slept and dreamt life is beauty, I woke and found life is duty.

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.

Tzu Chang asked Confucius about jen. Confucius said, If you can practice these five things with all the people, you can be called jen. Tzu Chang asked what they were. Confucius said, Courtesy, generosity, honesty, persistence, and kindness. If you are courteous, you will not be disrespected; if you are generous, you will gain everything. If you are honest, people will rely on you. If you are persistent you will get results. If you are kind, you can employ people.

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.

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.

Things being investigated, knowledge became complete. Their knowledge being complete, their thoughts were sincere. Their thoughts being sincere, their hearts were then rectified. Their hearts being rectified, their persons were cultivated. Their persons being cultivated, their families were regulated. Their families being regulated, their States were rightly governed. Their States being rightly governed, the whole kingdom was made tranquil and happy.

The noble-minded are all-encompassing, not stuck in doctrines. Little people are stuck in doctrines.

he had four of the characteristics of a superior man:— in his conduct of himself, he was humble; in serving his superiors, he was respectful; in nourishing the people, he was kind; in ordering the people, he was just.