I dislike death, however, there are some things I dislike more than death. Therefore, there are times when I will not avoid danger.
MENCIUSSincerity is the way to heaven.
More Mencius Quotes
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Listen to a man’s words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?
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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.
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The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Heaven sees as the people see. Heaven hears as the people hear.
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Is it only the mouth and belly which are injured by hunger and thirst? Men’s minds are also injured by them.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man.
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The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.
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One who believes all of a book would be better off without books.
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The great man does not think beforehand of his words that they may be sincere, nor of his actions that they may be resolute- he simply speaks and does what is right.
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Treat your elders as elders, and extend it to the elders of others; treat your young ones as young ones, and extend it to the young ones of others; then you can turn the whole world in the palm of your hand.
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The regular path of virtue is to be pursued without any bend, and from no view to emolument.
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Only those who develop their minds and spirits to the utmost can serve Heaven and fulfill their own destinies.
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Never lose your child’s heart.
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