The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
MENCIUSThe ways are two: love and want of love. That is all.
More Mencius Quotes
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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence.
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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
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A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.
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The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.
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All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.
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Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
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Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
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Never has there been one possessed of complete sincerity who did not move others. Never has there been one who had not sincerity who was able to move others.
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Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
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The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.
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The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
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