The Analects Quotes

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“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
― Confucius: The Analects
― Confucius: The Analects
“Respect yourself and others will respect you.”
― The Sayings of Confucius
― The Sayings of Confucius
“Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.”
― The Analects
― The Analects
“To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.”
― The Analects
― The Analects
“Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.”
― The Analects
― The Analects
“The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.”
― Analects of Confucius (Chinese Sages)
― Analects of Confucius (Chinese Sages)
“He Who Knows And Knows That He Knows Is A Wise Man - Follow Him;
He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him”
― The Analects
He Who Knows Not And Knows Not That He Knows Not Is A Fool - Shun Him”
― The Analects
“When the wind blows,the grass bends.”
― The Analects
― The Analects
“Fix your mind on truth, hold firm to virtue, rely on loving kindness, and find your recreation in the Arts.”
― The Analects
― The Analects
“Lead the people with administrative injunctions and put them in their place with penal law, and they will avoid punishments but will be without a sense of shame. Lead them with excellence and put them in their place through roles and ritual practices, and in addition to developing a sense of shame, they will order themselves harmoniously”
― The Analects
― The Analects
“Learning without thinking is useless. Thinking without learning is dangerous.”
― The Analects
― The Analects
“The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.”
― The Analects of Confucius
― The Analects of Confucius
“Be strict with yourself but least reproachful of others and complaint is kept afar.”
― The Analects
― The Analects
“If there were an honorable way to get rich, I鈥檇 do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with a whip. But there isn鈥檛 an honorable way, so I just do what I like.”
― Analects of Confucius (Chinese Sages)
― Analects of Confucius (Chinese Sages)
“The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.”
― The Analects of Confucius
― The Analects of Confucius
“Not to discuss with a man worthy of conversation is to waste the man. To discuss with a man not worthy of conversation is to waste words. The wise waste neither men nor words.”
― The Analects
― The Analects
“Tsze-Kung asked, 鈥淚s there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?鈥� The Master said, 鈥淚s not reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”
― The Analects
― The Analects
“If you expect great things of yourself and demand little of others, you鈥檒l keep resentment far away.”
― The Analects
― The Analects
“I used to take on trust a man's deeds after having listened to his words. Now having listened to a man's words I go on to observe his deeds.”
― The Analects
― The Analects
“To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.”
― The Analects of Confucius
― The Analects of Confucius
“If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.”
― The Analects of Confucius
― The Analects of Confucius
“The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools. ”
― The Analects of Confucius
― The Analects of Confucius
“Coarse rice to eat, water to drink, my bended arm for a pillow - therein is happiness. Wealth and rank attained through immoral means are nothing but drifting clouds.”
― The Analects
― The Analects
“When everyone hates a person, you should investigate thoroughly, and when everyone loves a person, you should also investigate thoroughly.”
― The Analects
― The Analects
“Care not for want of place; care for thy readiness to fill one. Care not for being unknown, but seek to be worthy of note.”
― The Sayings of Confucius
― The Sayings of Confucius
“A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present? If he reach the age of forty or fifty, and has not made himself heard of, then indeed he will not be worth being regarded with respect.”
― The Analects of Confucius
― The Analects of Confucius
“What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?”
― The Analects
― The Analects
“If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things. If language be not in accordance with the truth of things, affairs cannot be carried on to success. When affairs cannot be carried on to success, proprieties and music do not flourish.”
― The Analects
― The Analects
“There are some with whom we may study in common, but we shall find them unable to go along with us to principles. Perhaps we may go on with them to principles, but we shall find them unable to get established in those along with us. Or if we may get so established along with them, we shall find them unable to weigh occurring events along with us.”
― The Analects of Confucius
― The Analects of Confucius
“Don鈥檛 grieve when people fail to recognize your ability. Grieve for your lack of ability instead.”
― The Analects
― The Analects