"Listen to a man's words and look..." - Quote by Mencius

“The path of duty lies in what is near, and men seek for it in what is remote; the work of duty lies in what is easy, and men seek for it in what is difficult.”

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

“Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.”

“Hence it will not do for the Landlord to possess too fine a nature.... He must have no idiosyncracies, no particular bents or tendencies to this or that, but a general, uniform, and healthy development, such as his portly person indicates, offering himself equally on all sides to men.”

“Truth, purity, and unselfishness wherever these are present, there is no power below or above the sun to crush the possessor thereof. Equipped with these, one individual is able to face the whole universe in opposition.”

“I never want to end up being a self-centered, vain human being.”

“But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve For daws to peck at: I am not what I am.”

“When I did have some success, it further emboldens you to be like, 'No, I'm just going to write what I feel I should write.'”

“The rose does best as a rose. Lilies make the best lilies. And look! You - the best you around!”