“He who exerts his mind to the utmost knows his nature. Knowing his nature, he knows Heaven.” — Mencius · Mencius, Book VII A
“The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.” — Mencius · Mencius, Book IV B, c. 4th century BCE
“You are not the oil, you are not the air, merely the point of combustion between them.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald · The Crack-Up, 1936
“Do not go gentle into that good night.” — Dylan Thomas · Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night, 1951
“Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of men.” — Benjamin Disraeli · Vivian Grey, 1826