Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
MENCIUSThe best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.
More Mencius Quotes
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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
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The foundation of the world lies in the nation. The foundation of the nation lies in the family. The foundation of the family lies in the individual.
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Benevolence is one of the distinguishing characters of man.
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The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.
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Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men; those who follow the part which is little are little men.
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He who wishes to be benevolent will not be rich.
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The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward.
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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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All things are complete within ourselves.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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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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