A true teacher is one who, keeping the past alive, is also able to understand the present.
CONFUCIUSIn a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.
More Confucius Quotes
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Silence is a true friend who never betrays.
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A lion chased me up a tree, and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top.
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I am not concerned that I am not known; I seek to be worthy to be known.
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The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.
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When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them.
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Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge.
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The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.
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All people are the same; only their habits differ.
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To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.
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The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.
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By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
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What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.
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Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
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We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one.
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Don’t do unto others what you don’t want done unto you.
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