Famous Quotes from the Analects of Confucius

1. Being a scholar while caring about your home is not enough to be a scholar.

2. A little impatience will mess up a big plan.

3. If everyone is good, you must check it; if everyone is evil, you must check it.

4. If you raise the straight and ignore the false, the people will obey; if you raise the straight and false, the people will not obey.

5. That’s it! I have never seen anyone who loves virtue as much as he loves sex!

6. He has not changed his ways to his father for three years, which can be called filial piety.

7. If you learn without thinking, you will be in vain; if you think without learning, you will be in danger.

8. No intention, no necessity, no solidity, no me.

9. If the shot does not control the skin, the strength is different, which is the ancient way.

10. Wealth can be sought after. Even if you are a whip-wielding man, I will do it. If you can't ask for it, I'll take a bath.

11. A gentleman does not compare himself with others, while a villain does not compare himself with others.