Quotes by Confucius

Where words lose their meaning, people lose their lives.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.

Study the past if you would define the future.

Think of tomorrow, the past cant be mended.

If you expect great things of yourself and demand little of others, you’ll keep resentment far away.

A noble minded person is not an implement.

If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character.If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home.If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nations.When there is order in the nations, there will peace in the world.

If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer.

What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?

The gentleman understands what is moral. The small man understands what is profitable.

Words are the voice of the heart.

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

A man whose strength gives out collapses along the course. In your case you set the limits beforehand.

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

There is nothing more real than what cannot be seen and there is nothing more certain than what cannot be heard.

To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.

A legendary horse is praised not for its strength, but for its Integrity.

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

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