Best Chinese Philosophy Quotes

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Wherever you go, go with all your heart.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.

Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

Study the past if you would define the future. I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there. Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

You cannot open a book without learning something.

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.

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

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

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it – this is knowledge.

The wise find pleasure in water; the virtuous find pleasure in hills. The wise are active; the virtuous are tranquil. The wise are joyful; the virtuous are long-lived.

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.

He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire.

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

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.