To prefer it is better than to only know it. To delight in it is better than merely to prefer it.

There is only one thing in life which never changes, and it is change.

The superior man is universally minded and no partisan. The inferior man is a partisan and not universal.

Music is the one thing in which there is no use trying to deceive others or make false pretenses.

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.

There is a growing interest in Confucianism in China and other parts of the world. More and more followers of Confucianism are advocating a deeper study of his philosophies. Confucius' ideals stand true even today. His philosophy on how to be a Junzi or the perfect gentleman is based on the simple ideology of love and tolerance.