The classic famous sayings of Laozi's Analects are as follows:

1. Laozi's sentences

1. The best thing is like water, water is good and benefits all things without dispute.

2. Man follows the earth, earth follows the heaven, heaven follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature.

3. Those who know do not speak, and those who speak do not know.

4. Misfortunes lie on the back of blessings, and blessings lie on the backs of misfortunes.

5. Rule the country with integrity, use military force with dexterity, and conquer the world with nothing.

6. Governing a big country is like cooking small dishes.

7. Difficult things in the world must be done in easy ways, and great things in the world must be done in details.

8. If you are careful from the end to the end, you will never fail.

9. The tree that hugs each other is born from the smallest millimeter; the nine-story platform starts from tired soil; the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

10. If the people are not afraid of authority, great authority will come.

11. The people are hungry because of the large food tax.

12. Faithful words are not beautiful, and good words are not believed.

13. The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is more damage.

14. From birth to death. There are three out of ten people who will be born, three out of ten people will be affected by death, and three out of ten people will be affected by death.

15. When the great righteousness fails, there is benevolence and righteousness; when wisdom emerges, there is hypocrisy; when relatives are in discord, there is filial piety; when the country is in chaos, there are loyal ministers.

16. People are weak in life and strong in death. Plants and trees are soft and brittle when they are alive, and they are withered when they die. Therefore, the strong are the disciples of death, and the weak are the disciples of life.

17. If a great achievement is lacking, its use will not be harmful. If there is a big surplus, it will be of endless use. Great straightness is like bending, great skill is like clumsiness, great debate is like indifference.

18. Cure the disorder before it becomes chaos, and unite it before it forms.

19. Conquer the world by doing nothing.

20. The picture is more difficult than the simplicity; the details are greater than the details; the difficult things in the world must be done in the easy; the great things in the world must be done in the details.

2. Sentences from the Analects of Confucius

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

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

3. To know is to know, and to not know is to be ignorant, which is knowledge.

4. Smart and eager to learn, and not ashamed to ask questions.

5. Those who know something are not as good as those who are good at it, and those who are good at it are not as good as those who are happy.

6. Know things silently, never tire of learning, and never tire of teaching.

7. If you take one corner and don’t turn it back with three, it will be useless.

8. When I heard about Shao in Qi, I didn’t know the taste of meat in March.

9. If you are a person of three, you must have a teacher. Choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones.

10. Is benevolence so far away? I want to be benevolent, and I am extremely benevolent.

11. Scholars must be ambitious and have a long way to go.

12. I will examine myself three times today: Are I being unfaithful to others? Make friends but don’t believe it? Are you not used to it?

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

14. Confucius said: "Isn't it true that one should learn and practice it over time? Isn't it a joy to have friends come from afar? Isn't it true that a person who doesn't know and is not surprised is not a gentleman?"

15. Clever words and charming words are fresh and benevolent.

16. When I was fifteen, I was determined to learn; when I was thirty, I was established; when I was forty, I was not confused; when I was fifty, I knew the destiny; when I was sixty, I was obedient; at seventy, I followed my heart's desires without going beyond the rules.

17. A wise man enjoys water, and a benevolent man enjoys mountains.

18. Be true to your words and be resolute in your actions.

19. A gentleman is likened to righteousness, and a villain is likened to benefit.

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