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• The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart. -- Mencius (Meng-tse) (372?-289? BCE)
• He who has exhausted all his mental constitution knows his nature.
  Knowing his nature, he knows heaven. To preserve one's mental constitution, and nourish one's nature, is the way to serve heaven....
• Those who labor with their minds govern others; those who labor with their strength are governed by others.
  -- Mencius (Meng-tse) (372?-289? BCE)...
• The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart." -- Menciu
• An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actio
  he is neither hot nor timid. -- Chesterfield...
• If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profi
  is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man....
• A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.
  With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do....
• He does not preach what he practices until he has practiced what he preaches.
  -- Confucius (K'ung tsze or Kung Fu Tse) (551-479 BCE)...
• A man can lose his soul among the stars. Much later, he may realize that his body acted for him, guiding his ship while his mind traveled in realms he cannot remember.
  They call it _the far look._ It is dangerous. A man's soul does not always return....