"The ways are two: love and want..." - 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.”

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

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

“Love that is not jealous is neither true nor pure.”

“I love everything about hockey.”

“I am the lover's gift; I am the wedding wreath; I am the memory of a moment of happiness; I am the last gift of the living to the dead; I am a part of joy and a part of sorrow.”

“All your anxiety is because of your desire for harmony. Seek disharmony, then you will gain peace.”

“For when is death not within our selves? And as Heracleitus says: “Living and dead are the same, and so are awake and asleep, young and old. The former when shifted are the latter, and again the latter when shifted are the former."”

“Like too much alcohol,self-consciousness makes us see ourselves double, and we make the double image for two selves - mental and material, controlling and controlled, reflective and spontaneous. Thus instead of suffering we suffer about suffering, and suffer about suffering about suffering.”