Confucius

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve and bad things are very easy to get.

Confucius

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

Confucius

It is not possible for one to teach others, while he cannot teach his own family.

Confucius

It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up.

Confucius

Knowing what’s correct and not doing it, it’s the worst cowardice.

Confucius

Knowledge is recognizing what you know and what you don’t.

Confucius

Learn as if you were not reaching your goal and as though you were scared of missing it.

Confucius

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

Confucius

Listen widely to remove your doubts and be careful when speaking about the rest and your mistakes will be few.

Confucius

Look closely into his aims, observe the means by which he pursues them, discover what brings him content – and can the man’s real worth remain hidden from you?

Confucius