子曰：「里仁为美。择不处仁，焉得知？」
The Master said: "It is in dwelling among people of benevolence that true excell…
子曰：「不仁者不可以久处约，不可以长处乐。仁者安仁，知者利仁。」
The Master said: "A person without benevolence can neither endure hardship for l…
子曰：「唯仁者能好人，能恶人。」
The Master said: "Only the truly benevolent are capable of genuinely loving othe…
子曰：「苟志于仁矣，无恶也。」
The Master said: "If one is truly resolved upon benevolence, there will be no ro…
子曰：「富与贵，是人之所欲也；不以其道得之，不处也。贫与贱，是人之所恶也；不以其道得之，不去也。君子去仁，恶乎成名？君子…
The Master said: "Wealth and high station are what all men desire; yet if they c…
子曰：「我未见好仁者，恶不仁者。好仁者，无以尚之；恶不仁者，其为仁矣，不使不仁者加乎其身。有能一日用其力于仁矣乎？我未见…
The Master said: "I have never seen one who truly loved benevolence, nor one who…
子曰：「人之过也，各于其党。观过，斯知仁矣。」
The Master said: "The faults of men each correspond to the kind of person they a…
子曰：「朝闻道，夕死可矣。」
The Master said: "If in the morning I hear the Way, I can die content that eveni…
子曰：「士志于道，而耻恶衣恶食者，未足与议也。」
The Master said: "A scholar who sets his heart on the Way, yet is ashamed of sha…
子曰：「君子之于天下也，无适也，无莫也，义之与比。」
The Master said: "In his attitude toward the world, the gentleman has no fixed p…
子曰：「君子怀德，小人怀土；君子怀刑，小人怀惠。」
The Master said: "The gentleman cherishes virtue; the petty man cherishes his na…
子曰：「放于利而行，多怨。」
The Master said: "One who acts solely on the basis of personal profit will incur…
子曰：「能以礼让为国乎？何有？不能以礼让为国，如礼何？」
The Master said: "If one can govern a state with courtesy and deference, what di…
子曰：「不患无位，患所以立；不患莫己知，求为可知也。」
The Master said: "Do not worry that you hold no office; worry rather that you la…
子曰：「参乎！吾道一以贯之。」曾子曰：「唯。」子出。门人问曰：「何谓也？」曾子曰：「夫子之道，忠恕而已矣。」
The Master said, "Shen! My way is threaded through by one single principle." Zen…
子曰：「君子喻于义，小人喻于利。」
The Master said, "The exemplary person understands what is right; the petty pers…
子曰：「见贤思齐焉，见不贤而内自省也。」
The Master said, "When you see a person of worth, think of how you might equal h…
子曰：「事父母几谏。见志不从，又敬不违，劳而不怨。」
The Master said, "In serving your parents, remonstrate with them gently. If you …
子曰：「父母在，不远游。游必有方。」
The Master said, "While your parents are alive, do not travel far from home. If …
子曰：「三年无改于父之道，可谓孝矣。」
The Master said: "If for a long time one does not depart from the way of one's f…
子曰：「父母之年，不可不知也。一则以喜，一则以惧。」
The Master said: "One must always keep in mind the ages of one's parents. On the…
子曰：「古者言之不出，耻躬之不逮也。」
In Confucius's view, a person of integrity should be careful and measured in spe…
子曰：「以约失之者鲜矣。」
The Master said: "Those who err through self-restraint and caution are few indee…
子曰：「君子欲讷于言而敏于行。」
"The gentleman wishes to be slow in words and earnest in action." These words ar…
子曰：「德不孤，必有邻。」
Being a person of integrity is the foundation of all things.
子游曰：「事君数，斯辱矣；朋友数，斯疏矣。」
Ziyou said: "If you remonstrate with your ruler too frequently, you will bring d…