Daily Wisdom
Start each day with a timeless idea from the great philosophers and classical books of ancient China.
SagesQuote’s Daily Wisdom brings you a carefully selected passage from works such as the Analects, Tao Te Ching, Mencius, Zhuangzi, Mozi, Xunzi, and The Art of War. Each daily quote is presented with its author, source text and historical translation where available to help connect ancient wisdom with modern life.
Confucius
from The Analects
Recent Wisdom Quotes
“He who knows other men is discerning; he who knows himself is intelligent.”
— Laozi, Tao Te Ching
“Is not RECIPROCITY such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”
— Confucius, The Analects
“Heaven and earth do not act from (the impulse of) any wish to be benevolent; they deal with all things as if they were straw dogs.”
— Laozi, Tao Te Ching
“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.”
— Confucius, The Analects
“The Tao produced One; One produced Two; Two produced Three; Three produced All things.”
— Laozi, Tao Te Ching
“When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them.”
— Confucius, The Analects
“The Tao that can be trodden is not the enduring and unchanging Tao. The name that can be named is not the enduring and unchanging name.”
— Laozi, Tao Te Ching
“If a man keeps cherishing his old knowledge, so as continually to be acquiring new, he may be a teacher of others.”
— Confucius, The Analects
“By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.”
— Confucius, The Analects