Good background about Confucius

Wikipedia has a very good context article about Confucius.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confucius

The article does not contain a lot of his quotes but it gives a fine overview of his life and the general circumstances of his tradition.

Here is an excellent selection of his quotes. Remember, these words of advice are by a man who lived 2500 years ago.

http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Confucius/31