Confucius

True knowledge is when one knows the limitations of one’s knowledge.

Confucius

Unify your attention. Do not listen with your ears, but with your mind. Do not listen with your mind but with your essence.

Confucius

We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one.

Confucius

Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they are obtained in the right way they may not be possessed.

Confucius

What is most needed for learning is a humble mind.

Confucius

What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others.

Confucius

When a man’s knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.

Confucius

When a wise man points at the moon the imbecile examines the finger.

Confucius

When I am with others, they are my teachers. I can select their good points and follow them, and select their bad points and avoid them.

Confucius

When people are educated, the distinction between classes disappears.

Confucius