"You cannot open a book without learning something."
-- Confucius"The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name."
-- Confucius"He who fails to prepare, prepares to fail."
-- Confucius"The archer who misses his mark does not blame the target. He stops, corrects himself and shoots again."
-- Confucius"The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat."
-- Confucius"Tell people - and they may forget... show them - they may remember... but involve them and they will understand."
-- Confucius"Happiness does not consist in having what you want, but in wanting what you have."
-- Confucius"Keep it simple and focus on what matters. Don't let yourself be overwhelmed."
-- Confucius"If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher."
-- Confucius"Knowledge without practice is useless. Practice without knowledge is dangerous."
-- Confucius"Don't worry that no one knows you, but seek to be worthy of being known."
-- Confucius"If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children."
-- Confucius"If what one has to say is not better than silence, then one should keep silent."
-- Confucius"You have two lives. The second begins when you realise you only have one."
-- Confucius"A healthy man wants a thousand things, a sick man only wants one."
-- Confucius"Time flows away like the water in the river."
-- Confucius"He who chases two rabbits, catches none."
-- Confucius"The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell."
-- Confucius"A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others."
-- Confucius"Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star."
-- Confucius"Men's natures are alike, it is their habits that carry them far apart."
-- Confucius"An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger."
-- Confucius"Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes."
-- Confucius"The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life."
-- Confucius