Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

Quote by Confucius

Topics: Life Quotes

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife.

It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife.

The object of the superior man is truth.

The object of the superior man is truth.

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if...

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if...

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom...

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom...

Learning without thought is labor lost; and thought without learning is perilous.

Learning without thought is labor lost; and thought without learning is perilous.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity...

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity...

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great

It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great

The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety.

The parents age must be remembered, both for joy and anxiety.

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles

It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.

It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.

Anyone who angers you conquers you

Anyone who angers you conquers you

It is difficult to inspire others to accomplish what you haven't been willing to try

It is difficult to inspire others to accomplish what you haven't been willing to try

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...

Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show...