Quotes by Confucius

To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to...

#Life

Tsze-Kung asked, Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for...

#Life

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honours depend upon heaven.

#Death

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.

#Ability

How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the...

#Appearance

I have yet to meet a man as fond of high moral conduct as he...

#Appearance

Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they are obtained in the right...

#Desire

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

#Ignorance, #Knowledge

Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star

#Ignorance

The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess...

#Ignorance

Failure is not an option.

#Failure

To be wrong is nothing unless you continue to remember it

#Failure