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. – Confucius
Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire. – Confucius
He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger. – Confucius
Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known. – Confucius
The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large. – Confucius
The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later. – Confucius
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. – Confucius
