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- Things that are done, it is needless to speak about...things that are past, it is needless to blame.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- The superior man...does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything; what is right he will follow.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- The cautious seldom err.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- The man of virtue makes the difficulty to be overcome his first business, and success only a subsequent consideration.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- 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.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- Is virtue a thing remote? I wish to be virtuous, and lo! Virtue is at hand.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
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