子曰：“人能弘道，非道弘人。”

It is man, said the Master, that can amplify laws, but laws cannot amplify man.

子曰：“过而不改，是谓过矣。”

Not to mend a fault, said the Master, is to make a fault.

子曰：“吾尝终日不食、终夜不寝以思，无益，不如学也。”

Once, said the Master, I spent a whole day and a whole night in thinking, without eating and sleeping. I got no result and found it better to learn.

子曰：“君子谋道不谋食。耕也馁在其中矣，学也禄在其中矣。君子忧道不忧贫。”

An intelligentleman, said the Master, seeks after truth instead of food. Ploughing, he will not worry about hunger; learning, he may win rank. An intelligentleman is more eager for truth than worried about poverty.

子曰：“知及之，仁不能守之，虽得之，必失之。知及之，仁能守之，不庄以涖之，则民不敬。知及之，仁能守之，庄以涖之，动之不以礼，未善也。”

Wise enough to attain, said the Master, but not good enough to maintain, he will lose what is gained. Wise enough to attain and good enough to maintain, he will not be respected by people if he rules without dignity. Wise enough to attain and good enough to maintain, and ruling with dignity, he is still not a perfect ruler if he does not act in accordance with the ritual system.

子曰：“民之于仁也，甚于水火。水火，吾见蹈而死者矣，未见蹈仁而死者也。”

The people need virtue, said the Master, more than water and fire. I have seen people drowned in water or burned to death in fire, but none die in virtue.

子曰：“当仁不让于师。”

A good man, said the Master, should not withdraw from being a better man than his teacher.

子曰：“君子贞而不谅。”

An intelligentleman, said the Master, is consistent, but not obstinate.

子曰：“事君，敬其事而后其食。”

In serving the prince, said the Master, a man should do his duty before he gets his reward.

子曰：“有教无类。”

In education, said the Master, there should be no distinction of classes.

子曰：“道不同，不相为谋。”

You cannot take counsel, said the Master, with those who follow a different way.

师冕见，及阶，子曰：“阶也。”及席，子曰：“席也。”皆坐，子告之曰：“某在斯，某在斯。”师冕出。子张问曰：“与师言之道与？”子曰：“然，固相师之道也。”

The blind music master Mian called on Confucius. When he came to the steps, the Master said, "Here are the steps." When he came to the mat for the guests to sit on, the Master said, "Here is the mat." When all the guests were seated, the Master told him, "So and so is here, so and so is there." When the music master was out, Zi Zhang asked whether it was the way to deal with a music master. The Master said, "Yes, this is the way to lead a blind man."

来源：翻译大王