Confucius Quotes
"Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honours depend upon heaven.""The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.""Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?""The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.""If we don't know life, how can we know death?""Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.""Learning without thought is labor lost thought without learning is perilous.""You cannot open a book without learning something.""When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.""Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.""The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.""Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.""He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.""He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.""An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.""He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.""The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.""If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.""It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve and bad things are very easy to get.""Heaven means to be one with God."
