Quotes About Humility

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. ???? ???? ????? ??? ???? ??? ?? ?? ?? ??????? ????? ?? ??? ?? ?? ?????? ?? ???

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

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

I am not concerned that I am not known; I seek to be worthy to be known.

Act with kindness but do not expect gratitude.

To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.

The Master said, "What a worthy man was Yan Hui! Living in a narrow alley, subsisting upon meager bits of rice and water—other people could not have borne such hardship, and yet it never spoiled Hui's joy. What a worthy man was Hui!" (Analects 6.11)

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.

A conversa impregnada de vaidade e o pretensiosismo são raramente compatíveis com a virtude.

Poor food and water for dinner, a bent arm for a pillow – that is where joy resides. For me, wealth and renown without honor are nothing but drifting clouds.

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

Among his own country folk Confucius wore a homely look, like one that has no word to say.

With coarse grain to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow: I still have joy in the midst of these things

Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.

Am I a man of great wisdom? Hardly! Even when a simple person brings me a question, my mind goes utterly blank, I just thrash it out until I've exhausted every possibility.

The gentleman is dignified but not arrogant. The small man is arrogant but not digified

The Master was entirely free of four faults: arbitrariness, inflexibility, rigidity, and selfishness.

The Master said, "You [Zilu], do you know what I have been trying to teach you? To say that you know something when you know it and to say that you do not know something when you do not know it—this is true knowing [zhi].

How dare I claim to be a sage or a benevolent man?

He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions

lesson about knowledge? When you know a thing, maintain that you know it; and when you do not, acknowledge your ignorance. This is characteristic of knowledge.

The Master said, "In strolling in the company of just two other persons, I am bound to find a teacher. Identifying their strengths, I follow them, and identifying their weaknesses, I reform myself accordingly.

The junzi's stance towards the world is this: there is nothing he insists on, nothing he refuses, he simply aligns himself beside right.

It just bothered me that you might think I'm somethin special. I aint.