More from Confucius
Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?
ConfuciusConfucius Don’t do unto others what you don’t want done unto you.
ConfuciusConfucius Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.
ConfuciusConfucius The journey with a 1000 miles begins with one step.
ConfuciusConfucius If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children.
ConfuciusConfucius When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.
ConfuciusConfucius I am not concerned that I am not known; I seek to be worthy to be known.
ConfuciusConfucius The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
ConfuciusConfucius We should keep the dead before our eyes, and honor them as though still living.
ConfuciusConfucius Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
ConfuciusConfucius Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance.
ConfuciusConfucius Have no friends not equal to yourself.
ConfuciusConfucius The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat.
ConfuciusConfucius The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.
ConfuciusConfucius It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
ConfuciusConfucius Study the past if you would define the future.
ConfuciusConfucius
Original quotes
From our community writers
They bleed not in the mouth but through their ink – indelible and dark.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
More on crime
People are angry and dispirited about government because of a failure to do something about crime.
Charles SchumerCharles Schumer There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.
Simone WeilSimone Weil Crime can be a unifying argument – not an argument that people use as a code for us vs. them.
Charles SchumerCharles Schumer People have told me about organized crime in the fashion industry, but I can’t talk about that. I’m looking to stay alive.
Calvin KleinCalvin Klein Every single human being is a unique human being. And, therefore, it’s so criminal to do something to that human being, because he or she represents humanity.
Elie WieselElie Wiesel There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of a few in order to protect the privacy of us all.
Antonin ScaliaAntonin Scalia An attack upon our ability to tell stories is not just censorship – it is a crime against our nature as human beings.
Salman RushdieSalman Rushdie Politics, war, marriage, crime, adultery. Everything that exists in the world has something to do with money.
Graham GreeneGraham Greene