Confucius was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese and Vietnamese thought and life. His philosophy emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity. This list looks at some of his greatest quotations - all of which are as applicable to us today as they were when he wrote them in the fourth century BC.
1. Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it.
2. Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.
3. It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.
4. Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do.
5. What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others.
6. They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
7. 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.
8. If a man takes no thought about what is distant, he will find sorrow near at hand.
9. Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
10. Recompense injury with justice, and recompense kindness with kindness.
11. The cautious seldom err.
12. The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters.
13. The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
14. Things that are done, it is needless to speak about…things that are past, it is needless to blame.
15. Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
16. What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.
17. 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.
18. With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of these things. Riches and honors acquired by unrighteousness are to me as a floating cloud.
19. Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established.
20. To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.
Contributor: JFrater
译文:
孔子语录20则
孔子是中国伟大的思想家、哲学家，他的教学理念和哲学观点对中国、韩国、日本、台湾和越南这些国家人们的思想和生活都具有深远影响。 他的哲学思想强调了个人与为政的道德观念，人际交往、公平、道义的正确理念。 下面所举就是他的一些至理名言-虽然写于公元前4世纪，但对我们今天仍然有借鉴作用。
1. 诸事有其好的一面，但不是人人都能看到。
2. 无知不但是思想的夜晚，而且是没有月亮和星星的夜晚。
3.不怕慢，就怕站。
4. 我们最大的荣耀不是永不跌倒，而是每次跌倒了都能爬起来。
5. .君子求诸己，小人求诸人。
6. 智者动，仁者静，智者乐，仁者寿。
7. 我非生而知之者，好古，敏以求之者也。
8..人无远虑必有近忧。
9. .学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。
10. 以直报怨，以德报德。
11. 以约失之者鲜矣。
12. 君子不可小知而可人受也，小人不可大受而可小知也。
13. 君子耻其言而过其行。
14. 成事不说，遂事不谏，既往不咎。
15. 德不孤，必有邻。
16.不患人之不己知，患不知人也。
17. 知之为知之，不知为不知，是知也。
18. 饭疏食，饮水，曲肱而枕之，乐亦在其中矣。不义而高且贵，于我如浮云。
19. 不知礼，无以立也，不知言，无以知人也。
20. 过犹不及。
投稿者: JFrater