Confucius Love Quotations

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

I want you to be everything that's you, deep at the center of your being.

The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action.

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?

To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle.

A youth, when at home, should be filial and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow in love to all and cultivate the friendship of the good. When he has time and opportunity, after the performance of these things, he should employ them in polite studies.

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.

To rule a country of a thousand chariots, there must be reverent attention to business, and sincerity; economy in expenditure, and love for men; and the employment of the people at the proper seasons.

Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not to others what thou wouldn't not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.

He who remembers from day to day what he has yet to learn, and from month to month what he has learned already, may be said to have a love of learning.

To know it is not as good as to love it, and to love it is not as good as to take delight in it.

Love of goodness without love of learning degenerates into simple-mindedness. Love of knowledge without love of learning degenerates into utter lack of principle. Love of faithfulness without love of learning degenerates into injurious disregard of consequences. Love of uprightness without love of learning degenerates into harshness. Love of courage without love of learning degenerates into insubordination. Love of strong character without love of learning degenerates into mere recklessness.

I have not seen one who loves virtue as he loves beauty.

He who is really kind, can never be unhappy

He who works for his own interests will arouse much animosity

I saw some piglets suckling their dead mother. After a short while they shuddered and went away. They had sensed that she could no longer see them and that she wasn't like them any more. What they loved in their mother wasn't her body, but whatever it was that made her body live.

Love is like a spice. It can sweeten your life - however, it can spoil it, too.

Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know more.

Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.

People with virtue must speak out; People who speak are not all virtuous.

Worry not that no one knows you; seek to be worth knowing.

The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path.

There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.

Virtue is not solitary; it is bound to have neighbors

While you are not able to serve men, how can you serve spirits of the dead...While you do not know life, how can you know about death

The virtuous will be sure to speak uprightly; but those whose speech is upright may not be virtuous.

Man is born for uprightness. If a man lose his uprightness and yet live, his escape from death is mere good fortune.

By the ruler's cultivation of his own character there is set up the example of the course which all should pursue.

Do not use a cannon to kill a mosquito.

Even in killing men, observe the rules of propriety.

He who keeps danger in mind will rest safely in his seat.

Heaven begat Virtue in me; what can man do unto me?

Learn, as if never overtaking your object, and yet as if apprehensive of losing it.

Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.

The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.

Wisdom delights in water; love delights in hills. Wisdom is stirring; love is quiet. Wisdom is merry; love grows old.

Love others as you would love yourself, judge others as you would judge yourself, cherish others as you would cherish yourself. When you wish for others as you wish for yourself and when you protect others as you would protect yourself, that's when you can say it's true love.

The scholar does not consider gold and jade to be precious treasures, but loyalty and good faith.

When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.

A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.

Love thy neighbor as thyself: Do not do to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself: Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.

The sun and moon shine on all without partiality.

A youth is to be regarded with respect. How do we know that his future will not be equal to our present?

Don't be concerned about others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.

Wealth and rank are what people desire, but unless they are obtained in the right way they may not be possessed.

The funniest people are the saddest once

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

When superiors are fond of showing their humanity, inferiors try to outstrip one another in their practice of it.

It is only the very wisest and the very stupidest who cannot change.

Can there be a love which does not make demands on its object?

To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare remain incorrect?

Men's natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them.

By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.

Heaven means to be one with God.

It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.