For Students
Confucius: Quotes
- Ability
The superior man is distressed by his want of ability.: Analects
- Change
It is only the wisest and the very stupidest who cannot change.: Analects
- Courage
To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.: Analects
- Friends and Friendship
Have no friends not equal to yourself.: Analects
- Habit
Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.: Analects
- Knowledge and Learning
When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it: this is knowledge.: Analects
- Prudence and Foresight
Chi Wen Tze always thought three times before acting. Twice would have been enough.: Analects