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Confucius Quotes about Justice

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To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.

To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace.

Confucius
Unjust Society, Justice, Honor

Return good for good; return evil with justice.

Confucius
Evil, Justice, Return

Gentlemen cherish worth; the vulgar cherish dirt. Gentlemen trust in justice; the vulgar trust in favor.

Confucius
Justice, Gentleman, Favors
Confucius (1909). “The Sayings of Confucius”

The higher type of man clings to virtue, the lower type of man clings to material comfort. The higher type of man cherishes justice, the lower type of man cherishes the hope of favors to be received.

Confucius
Men, Justice, Comfort

The real fault is to have faults and not amend them.

Confucius
Real, Justice, Diversity
Chʻu Chai, Confucius, Mencius (1965). “Lun Yü”, New Hyde Park, N.Y. : University Books

Just as lavishness leads easily to presumption, so does frugality to meanness. But meanness is a far less serious fault than presumption.

Confucius
Justice, Doe, Faults
Confucius “The Analects”, W. W. Norton & Company

To give oneself ernestly to securing righteousness and justice among the people, and while respecting the gods and demons, to keep aloof from them, that may be called wisdom.

Confucius
People, Giving, Justice

The gentleman holds justice to be of highest importance. If a gentleman has courage but neglects justice, he becomes insurgent. If an inferior man has courage but neglects justice, he becomes a thief.

Confucius
Courage, Men, Justice

Justice is like the north star, which is fixed, and all the rest revolve about it.

Confucius
Stars, Justice, Fixed

For benefits return benefits; for injuries return justice without any admixture of revenge.

Confucius
Life, Revenge, Justice

Clever talk can confound the workings of virtue, just as small impatiences can confound great projects.

Confucius
Clever, Justice, Virtue

Heaven gives long life to the just and the intelligent.

Confucius
Intelligent, Giving, Justice
Confucius, Mencius, 左丘明 (1971). “The Chinese classics with a translation, critical and exegetical notes: prolegomena and copious indexes”

A gentleman considers justice to be essential in everything. He practices it according to the principles of propriety. He brings it forth in modesty and faithfully completes it. This is indeed a gentleman.

Confucius
Practice, Justice, Gentleman

Justice for All in the World

Confucius
Justice For All, Justice, Chinese

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