Mencius

“The great man is he who does not lose his child's-heart.”

“Friendship is one mind in two bodies.”

“The feeling of compassion is the beginning of humanity.”

“He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.”

“The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the lightest.”

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

“Sincerity is the way of Heaven.”

“Let men decide firmly what they will not do, and they will be free to do with vigor what they ought to do.”

“Only when a man will not do some things is he capable of doing great things.”

“He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature.”

“All things are already complete in us.”

“A compassionate mind is the seed of benevolence.”

“The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote.”

“Human nature is good.”

“Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.”

“There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.”

“When Heaven is about to confer a great office upon a man, it first embitters his heart and mind.”

“Those who follow the part of themselves which is great are great men.”

“The superior man has three things in which he delights, and to be ruler over the empire is not one of them.”

“To act with a pure mind is toRang, and to follow it is to Shun.”