The Way lies at hand yet it ...

The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
The Way lies at hand yet it is sought afar off; the thing lies in the easy yet it is sought in the difficult.
 Mencius

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Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
 William Tecumseh Sherman
Feeling, in the broad sense of whatever is felt in any way, as sensory stimulus or inward tension, pain, emotion or intent, is the mark of mentality.
 Susanne Katherina Langer
In that period, we had the Cold War mentality imbued through us - the Post-war [environment] and the Cold War. I think we were reflecting some of that. This was before the Wall collapsed, etc.
 Stephen Mallinder
The kind of group mentality that we had lived under since the Second World War is starting to erupt, and the craving for individualism is now much stronger. It's not as taboo anymore, as it was when I was younger.
 Nicolas Winding Refn
I come out of a Cold War sensibility, a Cold War mentality, and during those Cold War years, I used to know, I thought, the answers to everything. And since the end of the Cold War, I'm just a dumb as everyone else.
 Jules Feiffer

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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
 Mencius
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
 Mencius
I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
 Mencius
The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.
 Mencius
If you let people follow their feelings, they will be able to do good. This is what is meant by saying that human nature is good.
 Mencius