Confucius

To be in one’s own heart in kindly sympathy with all things; this is the nature of righteousness.

Confucius

To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.

Confucius

To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of what it means to be happy or content.

Confucius

To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.

Confucius

To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare remain incorrect?

Confucius

To rein a kingdom efficiently it is necessary, before all, to put into good order the family. It’s impossible for a man who doesn’t know how to lead his own family to know how to lead a country.

Confucius

To rule a country of a thousand chariots, there must be reverent attention to business, and sincerity; economy in expenditure, and love for men; and the employment of the people at the proper seasons.

Confucius

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

Confucius

To think twice is quite enough.

Confucius

Transport a handful of earth everyday and you will make a mountain.

Confucius