“I am not bothered by the fact that I am not understood. I am bothered when I do not know others.”
Confucius Quotes · Page 2
551 BC – 479 BC
Ancient Chinese philosopher and teacher whose teachings on ethics, family, and governance shaped East Asian thought for millennia. His Analects remain widely studied today.
39 quotesAbout Confucius on Wikipedia
“Reviewing what you have learned and learning anew, you are fit to be a teacher.”
“If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.”
“When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal.”
“The superior man thinks of virtue; the small man thinks of comfort.”
“The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills.”
“Things have their root and their branches. Affairs have their end and their beginning.”
“The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.”
“Therefore the superior man is watchful over himself, when he is alone.”
“Sincerity is the way of Heaven. The attainment of sincerity is the way of men.”
