This webiste is dedicated to the Chinese wisdom and wise sayings of Confucius (Kong Fu Zu), the great sage of China. It is composed of quotations of Confucius organized by category. The quotations are taken from The Confucian Analects.
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Confucius on Education

On learning, Knowledge, and education Confucius said:

  • "Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous."
  • "The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar."
  • "Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star."
  • "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."
  • "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."
  • "When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again."