"What is the difference between a man and a beast? Very little. The common man loses it; the superior man preserves it."

"The great man is he who can preserve the heart of a child."

"He who is not ashamed of being inferior, will never be superior."

"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."

"The disease of men is this: that they neglect their own field, and go to cultivate the fields of others."