Confucius

Gentlemen cherish worth; the vulgar cherish dirt. Gentlemen trust in justice; the vulgar trust in favor.

Confucius

Gentlemen should not waste their time on trivial games.

Confucius

Give a bowl of rice to a man and you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to grow his own rice and you will save his life.

Confucius

Go before the people with your example, and be laborious in their affairs.

Confucius

Good is no hermit. It has ever neighbors.

Confucius

Goodness is more to the people than water and fire. I have seen men lose their lives when ‘treading upon’ water and fire; but I have never seen anyone lose his life through ‘treading upon’ Goodness.

Confucius

Gravity is only the bark of wisdom’s tree, but it preserves it.

Confucius

Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by example, subdue them by courtesy; they will learn shame, and come to be good.

Confucius

He has not lived in vain who dies the day he is told about the way.

Confucius

He is the truly courageous man who never desponds.

Confucius