To feed men and not to love ...

To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.
To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.
 Mencius

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All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.
 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
 Thích Nhất Hạnh
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

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Friends are the siblings God never gave us.
 Mencius
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
 Mencius
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
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