

Confucius
11 verified quotes
“In all things success depends on previous preparation, and without such previous preparation there is sure to be failure.”
Confucius
The Doctrine of the Mean
verified“Only after winter comes do we know that the pine and the cypress are the last to fade.”
Confucius
Analects
verified“I am not bothered by the fact that I am not understood. I am bothered when I do not know others.”
Confucius
Analects
verified“Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.”
Confucius
Analects
verified“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.”
Confucius
Analects
verified“When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.”
Confucius
Analects
verified“To see what is right, and not to do it, is want of courage or of principle.”
Confucius
Analects
verified“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”
Confucius
Analects
verified“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.”
Confucius
Analects
verified“Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.”
Confucius
Analects
verified“When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.”
Confucius
Analects
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