Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
MENCIUSIf the King loves music, it is well with the land.
More Mencius Quotes
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Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.
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He who goes to the bottom of his own heart knows his own nature; And knowing his own nature, he knows heaven.
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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.
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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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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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He who loves others is always loved by them, and he who respects others is always respected by them.
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Let not a man do what his sense of right bids him not to do, nor desire what it forbids him to desire. This is sufficient. The skillful artist will not alter his measures for the sake of a stupid workman.
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The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.
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The way is near, but men seek it afar. It is in easy things, but men seek for it in difficult things.
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To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
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When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon you, it first exercises your mind with suffering and your sinews and bones with toil.
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The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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