Confucius’ famous sayings about reading

1. Don’t use words to lift people up; don’t use people to waste words.

2. The people can follow it, but they cannot know it.

3. Too much is not enough.

4. To restrain oneself and return to propriety is to be benevolent.

5. How to repay kindness? Repay vengeance with straightness and repay kindness with kindness.

6. To govern with virtue, to swear an oath like the North Star, and to live in the place where the stars are aligned.

7. Strength, perseverance, dullness, and benevolence.

8. Wrong words and bad ethics. A little impatience will mess up a big plan.

9. People who have no long-term worries must have immediate worries.

10. The reason why a few words can break a prison sentence is the same!

11. Not sleeping with a dead body is not a good place to live.

12. If you are not in your position, you will not seek your political affairs.

13. Only the superior knowledge and the inferior foolishness will not change.

14. Gong, generosity, trust, sensitivity, and benefit: Being respectful means not insulting, being lenient means winning people, being trustworthy means letting people do what they want, being sensitive means making merit, and being merciful means being able to win over others.

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

16. If the person is upright, he will not do what he is told; if the person is not upright, he will not follow the order.

17. If you hear the Tao in the morning, you will die in the evening.

18. If you are above the middle person, you can speak well; if you are below the middle person, you cannot speak well.

19. To know something is to know it, and to know something is to know it. If you don’t know it, it is to know it.

20. Be committed to learning and stick to the good way. There are no people in a dangerous country, and no one can live in a chaotic country. If there is a way in the world, it will be seen, but if there is no way, it will be hidden.

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

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

23. Clever words and charming words, fresh and benevolent!

24. No haste; no small gains. Haste makes waste; small gains mean big things will fail.

25. People who have no faith do not know what is possible.

26. Those who look fierce but have a soft heart are just like the villains, they are like thieves who pass through the tunnel!

27. A wise man enjoys water, and a benevolent man enjoys mountains. The wise are active, the benevolent are still. The wise will be happy, the benevolent will live long.

28. Those who are born with knowledge are the best; those who know through learning are the second best; those who learn from difficulties are the second best. If you are trapped and don’t learn, then the people will be like this!

29. If your parents are around, you will have to travel well if you don’t travel far away.

30. Don’t look at anything that’s not polite, don’t hear anything that’s not polite, don’t say anything that’s not polite, don’t do anything that’s not polite.

31. When hearing a lawsuit, I am still a human being. It must be so that there will be no lawsuits!

32. Similar in nature, but far apart in habits.

33. It’s difficult to live in groups all day long, not speaking the right words, but only practicing small wisdom!

34. Seeing and thinking about meaning.

35. Isn’t it true that one should learn and practice from time to time?

36. It’s difficult to have a full day without any intention! Are there no gamers? This is so virtuous!

37. Making mistakes without correcting them is called making mistakes!

38. Don’t do to others what you don’t want others to do to you; have no grudges at home and no grudges at home.

39. The future generations are to be feared. How could one know that those who come are not as good as they are now? If you are forty or fifty and not heard about it, then it is nothing to be afraid of!

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

41. To listen to the Tao and then explain it is to abandon virtue!

42. At first I was with people, listening to their words and trusting their actions; now I am with people, listening to their words and observing their actions.

43. Being sensitive, eager to learn, and not ashamed to ask questions is called "literary".

44. A country with a thousand chariots, respecting things and being trustworthy, being frugal and loving others, so that the people can take care of themselves.

45. Tao is governed by politics, and punishment is used to regulate people, so that people can avoid it without being shameful; Tao is governed by virtue, and regulations are governed by etiquette.

46. Learning without thinking means nothing, thinking without learning means danger.

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