“Friendship with a man is friendship with his virtue, and does not admit of assumptions of superiority.”

The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.

The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.

The way of truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it. The evil is only that men will not seek it.

The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.

To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.

A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.

The Tao is near and people seek it far away.

Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.

The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.

Secure property in hand leads to peace in mind.

The sole concern of learning is to seek one’s original heart.

Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight.

The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.

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.

If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?

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.

You must accept the reality of other people.

We can’t control the impressions others form about us, and the effort to do so only debases our character.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

Careful those who fight with monsters, that they might become monsters themeselves.

I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a character mostly in his 30s and 40s.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

It’s really fun to put yourself into a character – into shoes you wouldn’t normally be in.

I need to behave in a way that will cause people to take me seriously.