Confucius

“I am not concerned that I have no place; I am concerned how I may fit myself for one. I am not concerned that I am not known; I seek to be worthy to be known.”

“He that in his studies wholly applies himself to labour and exercise, and neglects meditation, loses his time, and he that only applies himself to meditation, and neglects labour and exercise, only wanders and loses himself.”

“Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills”

“Man has three ways of acting wisely. First, on meditation; that is the noblest. Secondly, on imitation; that is the easiest. Thirdly, on experience; that is the bitterest.”

“It is not truth that makes man great, but man that makes truth great.”

“It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.”

“The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.”

“Follow the seasons of Ha,Ride in the state carriage of Yau,Wear the ceremonial cap of Chan,Let the music be the Shiu with its pantomimes.”

“學而時習之、不亦說乎。有朋自遠方來、不亦樂乎。人不知而不慍、不亦君子乎。”

“弟子，入則孝，出則弟，謹而信，凡愛眾，而親仁。行有餘力，則以學文。”

“君子食無求飽，居無求安，敏於事而慎於言，就有道而正焉，可謂好學也已。”

“君子不重則不威，學則不固。主忠信。無友不如己者。過則勿憚改。”

“【第一章】子曰、爲政以德、譬如北辰、居其所、而眾星共之。”

“吾十有五而志於學，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳順，七十而从心所欲，不逾矩。”

“視其所以，觀其所由，察其所安。人焉叟哉？人焉叟哉？”

“多聞闕疑，慎言其餘，則寡尤。多見闕殆，慎行其餘，則寡悔。言寡無，行寡悔，祿在其中矣。”

“君子無所爭、必也射乎、揖譲而升下、而飲、其爭也君子。”

“殷因於夏禮，所損益，可知也；周因於殷禮，所損益，可知也。其或繼周者，雖百世，可知也。”

“父在，觀其志；父殁，觀其行；三年无改於父之道，可謂孝矣。”

“知者樂水，仁者樂山。知者動，仁者静。知者樂，仁者寿。”

“To rank the effort above the prize may be called love.”

“Cornered vessel without corners, strange cornered vessel, strange cornered vessel.”

“不憤不啟；不悱不發。擧一隅，不以三隅反，則不復也。”

“三人行，必有我師焉：擇其善者而從之，其不善者而改之。”

“德之不修，學之不講，聞義不能徒，不善不能改，是吾憂也。”

“A man's character is formed by the Odes, developed by the Rites and perfected by music.”

“The man of perfect virtue is cautious and slow in his speech. When a man feels the difficulty of doing, can he be other than cautious and slow in speaking?”

“The superior man has neither anxiety nor fear. When internal examination discovers nothing wrong, what is there to be anxious about, what is there to fear?”

“君子敬而無失，與人恭而有禮，四海之內，皆兄弟也，君子何患乎無兄弟也！”

“Let the superior man never fail reverentially to order his own conduct, and let him be respectful to others and observant of propriety:—then all within the four seas, all men are brothers. What has the superior man to do with being distressed because he has no brothers?”