Mencius

"In the face of adversity, character is revealed."

"The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the largest intention."

"When you master yourself, you master nothing; when you serve others, you master everything."

"The heart knows what the mind has yet to discover."

"To build a great edifice, one must first lay a strong foundation."

"The voice within is often louder than the noise without."

"Those who refuse to learn from the past are condemned to experience it again."

"The sweetest fruit grows on the hardest climb."

"When the internal is ordered, the external will follow."

"Talent is a gift; how you use it is your choice."

"The questions we ask determine the answers we receive."

"To be human is to be capable of both great love and great harm; choose wisely."

"The mirror of the soul is the face of another person."

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

"When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge."

"Slight not a small good; neglect not a small evil."

"The superior man thinks always of virtue, the common man thinks of comfort."

"To preserve one's mind intact and not to lose one's original nature - this is what is meant by self-cultivation."

"If a ruler benefits the people, they will naturally support him."

"The noble man understands what is right; the petty man understands what is profitable."

"Benevolence is the characteristic of man; righteousness is the path of man."

"When the mind is right, the body follows naturally."

"The superior man makes demands on himself; the inferior man makes demands on others."

"Seek within yourself, not without."

"A man who has committed an error and does not correct it is committing another error."

"The root of the empire is in the state; the root of the state is in the family."

"Do not do to others what you would not have done to yourself."

"Humility is the foundation of all virtue."

"The seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them."

"If you wish to be a superior man, do not depart from humanity and righteousness."