Confucius

Tea tempers the spirits and harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness, lightens or refreshes the body, and clears the perceptive faculties.

Confucius

That a man lives is because he is straight. That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate enough to be spared.

Confucius

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.

Confucius

The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.

Confucius

The commander of the forces of a large State may be carried off, but the will of even a common man cannot be taken from him.

Confucius

The contrived language and the flattering attitude rarely come with the virtue.

Confucius

The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.

Confucius

The end of the day is near when small men make long shadows.

Confucius

The failure to cultivate virtue, the failure to examine and analyze what I have learned, the inability to move toward righteousness after being shown the way, the inability to correct my faults-these are the causes of my grief.

Confucius

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.

Confucius