To lay hold of the mean ...

To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
To lay hold of the mean without taking into account the occasion is like grasping one thing only.
 Mencius

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Don't settle in the land of barely enough. That is where you are, it is not who you are. That's your location, it's not your identity. No matter what it looks like, have an abundant mentality.
Everything in your life, every experience, every relationship is a mirror of the mental pattern that is going on inside of you.

Quotes from the same author

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