60 famous aphorisms from Confucius in "The Analects of Confucius"

1 Listen to his words and watch his actions.

2 How to use a bull's knife to cut a chicken?

3 Don't express your anger, don't make mistakes twice.

4 Rotten wood cannot be carved.

5 To make mistakes without correcting them is to say that you have made mistakes!

6 Skillful words and deeds bring out benevolence!

7. Acting for the sake of profit and complaining too much.

8 When three of us travel together, we must be our teacher.

9Repay grievance with straightness and repay kindness with kindness.

10 Use literature to make friends, and friends to support benevolence.

11 Be happy but not obscene, sad but not sad.

12 If you seek benevolence and gain benevolence, there is no need to complain.

13 Clever words and charming words are fresh and benevolent.

14 People who have no faith do not know what to do.

15 is tolerable, but which one is intolerable?

16 To make mistakes without correcting them is to make mistakes.

17 If you don’t follow the path, you won’t be able to get it.

18. Be gentle and polite, and then be a gentleman.

19 If you don’t learn enough, you are afraid of losing it.

20 If you are not angry, you will not be enlightened; if you are not angry, you will not be angry.

21. Tell without writing, trust but love the past.

22 A gentleman wants to be slow in words but quick in deeds.

23 He who listens to the Tao but scrutinizes it is the abandonment of virtue.

24 The past cannot be admonished, but the future can still be pursued.

25 If you don’t learn enough, you are afraid of losing it.

26 A gentleman wants to be slow in words but quick in deeds.

27 They are similar in nature but far apart in habits.

28 If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.

29 A gentleman is magnanimous, but a villain is always concerned.

30 A great virtue does not spend too much time in leisure, but a small virtue can come and go as he pleases.

31 Do to others what you don’t want others to do to you.

32 Know it silently, never tire of learning, and never tire of teaching.

33 When you see the virtuous, you think about them all; when you see the virtuous, you introspect yourself.

34 is sensitive and eager to learn, and is not ashamed to ask questions.

35 Is it tolerable, but which one is intolerable?

36 If you are not troubled, you don’t know who you are, and when you are troubled, you don’t know who you are.

37 The three armies can seize the commander, but an ordinary man cannot seize the will.

38 Aim for Tao, base on virtue, rely on benevolence, and wander in art.

39 If you already want to establish, you will establish others; if you already want to achieve, you will reach others.

40 Rotten wood cannot be carved.

41 If you want to establish yourself, you can establish others; if you want to achieve yourself, you can achieve others.

42 If you are a good official, you will learn, and if you are good at learning, you will be an official.

43 His knowledge is within reach, but his stupidity is beyond reach.

44 Use literature to make friends, and friends to support benevolence.

45 If you are not troubled, you don’t know who you are, and when you are troubled, you don’t know who you are.

46. Gentle and gentle, then a gentleman.

47 Everything will be established if it is heeded, and it will be wasted if it is not hesitated.

48 If you review the past and learn the new, you can become a teacher.

49 The ancients could not say anything, and they could not catch it even if they were ashamed.

50 A few words can break the prison, and the reason is the same!

51 Do not do it to others if you do not want to do it to yourself.

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

53 Who can leave the house without leaving the house? Why not leave the house?

54 A wise man will not be confused; a benevolent man will not worry; a brave man will not be afraid.

55 You don’t use words to lift people up, and you don’t use people to waste words.

56 Why should the son kill for government? The son wants to be good and the people will be good.

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

58 Know it silently, never tire of learning, and never tire of teaching.

59 If you can restrain yourself, I will not be without teachings.

60 To know something is to know it, and to know it is to know it, and to know it is to know it.