Mencius

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.

Only when a man will not do some things is he capable of doing great things.

The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the least.

This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal to the masses there can be no sincerity in them.

If you compare NASA's annual budget to explore the heavens, that one year budget would fund NOAA's budget to explore the oceans for 1,600 years.