Confucius

Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?

Confucius

Ceremonies are the first thing to be attended to in the practice of government.

Confucius

Charity is that rational and constant affection which makes us sacrifice ourselves to the human race, as if we were united with it, so as to form one individual, partaking equally in its adversity and prosperity.

Confucius

Chi Wen Tzu always thought three times before taking action. Twice would have been quite enough.

Confucius

Clever talk, ingratiating looks, fawning reverence: Tso-ch’iu Ming found that shameful, and so do I. Friendly while harboring resentment: Tso-ch’iu Ming found that shameful, too, and so do I.

Confucius

Coarse rice to eat, water to drink, my bended arm for a pillow – therein is happiness. Wealth and rank attained through immoral means are nothing but drifting clouds.

Confucius

Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone might be looking. Hear and you forget, see and you remember, do and you understand.

Confucius

Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.

Confucius

Do not be too ready to speak of it [Goodness], lest the doing of it should prove to be beyond your powers.

Confucius

Excessive (population) growth may reduce output per worker, repress levels of living for the masses and engender strife

Confucius