If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.
Confucius

If we don't know life, how can we know death?
Confucius

If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?
Confucius

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
Confucius

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.
Confucius

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, see to the (be?) worthy of being known.
Confucius

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
Confucius

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.
Confucius

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.
Confucius

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
Confucius

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
Confucius

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!
Confucius

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.
Confucius

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.
Confucius

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.
Confucius

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.
Confucius

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Confucius

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Confucius

Silence is a true friend who never betrays.
Confucius

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
Confucius