Mencius

Friendship is one mind in two bodies.

friendship

Mencius

Friends are the siblings God never gave us.

god

Mencius

He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.

great

Mencius

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

great

Mencius

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.

character

Mencius

Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.

duty

Mencius

The great man is he who does not lose his child-heart. He does not think beforehand that his words shall be sincere, nor that his acts shall be resolute; he simply abides in the right.

greatness