Confucius

Our headstrong passions shut the door of our souls against God.

Confucius

Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.

Confucius

Rate the task above the prize; will not the mind be raised? Fight thine own faults, not the faults of others; will not evil be mended?

Confucius

Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.

Confucius

Remember even when alone, that the divine is everywhere.

Confucius

Riches and honor are what everyone desires, but if they can be gained only by doing evil, they must not be held. Don’t worry about not being in office, worry about qualifying yourself for office. Don’t worry that no one knows you, but seek to be worthy of being known.

Confucius

Slater soaks into the mind as water into low and marshy places, where it becomes stagnant and offensive.

Confucius

Some may study side by side, and yet be asunder when they come to the logic of things.

Confucius

Straight-forwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.

Confucius

Surely it is the maxim of loving-kindness: Do not unto others that you would not have them do unto you.

Confucius