Mengzi Quotes & Sayings

Oftentimes I think it is far better to listen for an answer, rather than talk out of an effort to create one. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands now, we make ourselves stronger; and improving our strength in this manner step by step, we may reach a state in which it shall be our privilege to do the most coveted and honored duties in life and in society. — Swami Vivekananda

An individual's agility is a fundamental digital capability block through which she or he can build more advanced professional capabilities and better fit in the digital dynamic we live in. — Pearl Zhu

I believe that the truest parts of people can be buried, and for many different reasons. — Mary Gaitskill

The brute necessity of believing something so long as life lasts does not justify any belief in particular. — George Santayana

Service was practically — Michelle Alexander

When you're in a Slump, you're not in for much fun. Un-slumping yourself is not easily done. — Dr. Seuss

Integrity safeguards love, and love makes family life rich and zestful-now and forever. — Russell M. Nelson

Keep your mouth closed, and let your eyes listen. — Lil' Wayne

At present, in this vicinity, the best part of the land is not private property; the landscape is not owned, and the walker enjoys comparative freedom. But possibly the day will come when it will be partitioned off into so-called pleasure-grounds, in which a few will take a narrow and exclusive pleasure only, - when fences shall be multiplied, and man-traps and other engines invented to confine men to the public road, and walking over the surface of God's earth shall be construed to mean trespassing on some gentleman's grounds. To enjoy a thing exclusively is commonly to exclude yourself from the true enjoyment of it. Let us improve our opportunities, then, before the evil days come. — Henry David Thoreau

The whole thing was like a nine-month ocean voyage to which you never got acclimatized. — Agatha Christie

Anything that grows closely enough to what it loves will eventually share the same roots. We can talk about loss, we can treat it and give it time, but biology still forces us to live according to certain rules: plants that are split down the middle don't heal, they die. — Fredrik Backman