Confucius Quotes

No lake so still but it has its wave.
No circle so perfect but that it has its blur.
I would change things for you if I could; As I can't you must take them as they are.

Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.

Where words lose their meaning, people lose their lives.

Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.

Writing cannot express all words, words cannot encompass all ideas.

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.

It is not the failure of others to appreciate your abilities that should trouble you, but rather your failure to appreciate theirs.

If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.

Die Wahrheit hat keinen Erfolg.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up...

Nothing is more visible than things hidden; Nothing is more manifest than things minute; Therefore, the superior man should be aware of his aloneness

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

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