Famous Quotes from ...

Confucius

  • Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.... Confucius {view}
  • Wherever you go, go with all your heart.... Confucius {view}
  • If we don't know life, how can we know death?... Confucius {view}
  • Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.... Confucius {view}
  • Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it... Confucius {view}
  • Consideration for others is the basic of a good life, a good society.... Confucius {view}
  • Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.... Confucius {view}
  • The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.... Confucius {view}
  • The man of upright life is obeyed before he speaks... Confucius {view}
  • Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them... Confucius {view}
  • When nature exceeds culture, we have the rustic. When culture exceeds nature then we the pedant.... Confucius {view}
  • Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?... Confucius {view}
  • Only the wisest and the stupidest of men never change.... Confucius {view}
  • Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without... Confucius {view}
  • Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?... Confucius {view}
  • Love is like a spice. It can sweeten your life - however, it can spoil it, too"... Confucius {view}
  • place where man laughs, sings, picks flowers, chases butterflies and pets birds, makes love with maidens, and plays with children. Here he spontaneously reveals his nature, the base as well as the noble. Here also he buries his sorrows and difficulties and cherishes his ideals and hopes. It is in the garden that men discover themselves. Indeed one discovers not only his real self but also his ideal self?he returns to his youth. Inevitably the garden is made the scene of man's merriment, escapades, romantic abandonment, spiritual awakening or the perfection of his finer self.... Confucius {view}
  • It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.... Confucius {view}
  • Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.... Confucius {view}
  • To love a thing means wanting it to live... Confucius {view}
  • It is the law of nature that woman should be held under the dominance of man... Confucius {view}