Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife
Confucius
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Confucius
Philosopher
Teacher
Writer
Zhongni
Confucio
Konfuzius
Kong Fuzi
Kongqiu
Kong Qiu
K'ung-fu-tzu
K'ung-tzu
Kongzi
K'ung Fu-tse
Kung Fu Tzu
Kung Fu-tse
Kongfuzi
Kong Fu Zi
Kungfutse
Strife
Bitterness
Peace
Better
Live
More quotes by Confucius
To become a leader, you must first become a human being
Confucius
The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.
Confucius
The ideal teacher guides his students but does not pull them along he urges them to go forward and does not suppress them he opens the way but does not take them to the place.
Confucius
Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses.
Confucius
If a man has no humaneness what can his propriety be like? If a man has no humaneness what can his happiness be like?
Confucius
Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
Confucius
The only people who cannot change are the most wise and the most stupid.
Confucius
For benefits return benefits for injuries return justice without any admixture of revenge.
Confucius
Do not treat others as you yourself would not be treated.
Confucius
The superior man is distressed by his want (lack) of ability
Confucius
Listen much, keep silent when in doubt, and always take heed of the tongue thou wilt make few mistakes. See much, beware of pitfalls, and always give heed to thy walk thou wilt have little to rue. If thy words are seldom wrong, thy deeds leave little to rue, pay will follow.
Confucius
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Confucius
A superior man in dealing with the world is not for anything or against anything. He follows righteousness as the standard.
Confucius
Tell people - and they may forget... show them - they may remember... but involve them and they will understand.
Confucius
There are three things against which the wise man guards: lust when young, quarrels when strong, and covetousness when old.
Confucius
When young, beware of fighting when strong, beware of sex and when old, beware of possession.
Confucius
A man who reviews the old so as to find out the new is qualified to teach others.
Confucius
Without that innate sense of human worth, a man cannot long endure adversity, nor can he long enjoy prosperity.
Confucius
The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does.
Confucius
Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.
Confucius
