Confucius

Confucius (c. 551-479 BCE)

"By raising the straight and putting them on top of the crooked, he can make the crooked straight."

• The Analects of Confucius (Book XII, section 22) translated by Arthur Waley (Vintage Books, 1989).

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Confucius

Confucius (c. 551-479 BCE)

"Only one who bursts with eagerness do I instruct; only one who bubbles with excitement, do I enlighten. If I hold up one corner and a man cannot come back to me with the other three, I do not continue the lesson."

• The Analects of Confucius (Book VII, section 8) translated by Arthur Waley (Vintage Books, 1989).

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Confucius

Confucius (c. 551-479 BCE)

"When everyone dislikes a man, enquiry is necessary; when everyone likes a man, enquiry is necessary."

• The Analects of Confucius (Book XV, section 27) translated by Arthur Waley (Vintage Books, 1989).

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Confucius

Confucius (c. 551-479 BCE)

"Be loyal and true to your every word, serious and careful in all you do; and you will get on well enough, even though you find yourself among barbarians."

• The Analects of Confucius (Book XV, section 5) translated by Arthur Waley (Vintage Books, 1989).

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Confucius

Confucius (c. 551-479 BCE)

"A gentleman is ashamed to let his words outrun his deeds."

• The Analects of Confucius (Book XIV, section 29) translated by Arthur Waley (Vintage Books, 1989).

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Confucius

Confucius (c. 551-479 BCE)

"In official speeches all that matters is to get one's meaning through."

• The Analects of Confucius (Book XV, section 40) translated by Arthur Waley (Vintage Books, 1989).

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Confucius

Confucius (c. 551-479 BCE)

"Learn as if you were following someone whom you could not catch up, as though it were someone you were frightened of losing."

• The Analects of Confucius (Book VIII, section 17) translated by Arthur Waley (Vintage Books, 1989).

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Confucius

Confucius (551-479 BCE)

"In old days men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study in order to impress other people."

• The Analects of Confucius (Book XIV, section 25) translated by Arthur Waley (Vintage Books, 1989).

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Confucius

Confucius (c. 551-479 BCE)

"To lead into battle a people that has not first been instructed is to betray them."

• The Analects of Confucius (Book XIII, section 29/30) translated by Arthur Waley (Vintage Books, 1989). 

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Confucius

Confucius (c. 551-479 BCE)

"You may rob the Three Armies of their commander-in-chief, but you cannot deprive the humblest peasant of his opinion."

• The Analects of Confucius (Book IX, section 25) translated by Arthur Waley (Vintage Books, 1989). 

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Confucius

Confucius (c. 551-479 BCE)

"[A gentleman] does not grieve that people do not recognize his merits; he grieves at his own incapacities."

• The Analects of Confucius (Book XIV, section 32) translated by Arthur Waley (Vintage Books, 1989).

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Confucius

Confucius (c. 551-479 BCE)

"So long as the ruler loves ritual, the people will be easy to handle."

• The Analects of Confucius (Book XIV, section 44) translated by Arthur Waley (Vintage Books, 1989).

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Confucius

Confucius (c. 551-479 BCE)


"High office filled by men of narrow views, ritual performed without reverence, the forms of mourning observed without grief - these are things I cannot bear to see!" 

•  The Analects of Confucius (Book III, section 26) translated by Arthur Waley (Vintage Books, 1989). 

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Confucius

Confucius (c. 551-479 BCE)

"The Good Man rests content with Goodness; he that is merely wise pursues Goodness in the belief that it pays to do so."

• The Analects of Confucius (Book IV, section 2) translated by Arthur Waley (Vintage Books, 1989). 

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Mencius

Mencius (4th century BCE)

"He who delights and worries on account of the Empire is certain to become a true king."

• From The Mencius (Book I, Part B, section 4) by Mencius, translated by D. C. Lau (Penguin Classics, 2003).

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Confucius

Confucius (c. 551-479 BCE)

"Man's very life is honesty, in that without it he will be lucky indeed if he escapes with his life."

• The Analects of Confucius (Book VI, section 17) translated by Arthur Waley (Vintage Books, 1989).

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Confucius

Confucius (approximately 551-479 BCE)

"A gentleman takes as much trouble to discover what is right as lesser men take to discover what will pay."

• From The Analects of Confucius (Book IV, section 16) translated by Arthur Waley (Vintage Books, 1989). 

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Confucius

Confucius (approximately 551-479 BCE)

"A gentleman can see a question from all sides without bias. The small man is biased and can see a question only from one side."

• From The Analects of Confucius (Book II, section 14) translated by Arthur Waley (Vintage Books, 1989).

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Confucius

Confucius (c. 551-479 BCE)

"I for my part am not one of those who have innate knowledge. I am simply one who loves the past and who is diligent in investigating it."

• From The Analects of Confucius (Book VII, 19) translated by Arthur Waley (Vintage Books, 1989).

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Confucius

Confucius (6th-5th century BCE)

"Is Goodness indeed so far away? If we really wanted Goodness, we should find that it was at our very side."

• From The Analects of Confucius (Book VII, 29) translated by Arthur Waley (Vintage Books, 1989).

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