In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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Every duty is a charge, but the charge of oneself is the root of all others.
More Mencius Quotes
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In abundance prepare for scarcity.
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The Tao is near and people seek it far away.
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The people turn in allegiance to Humanity, as surely as water flows downward or as a wild animal takes cover in the wilderness.
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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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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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A man must first despise himself, and then others will despise him.
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Only when someone refuses to do certain things will he be capable of doing great things.
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The great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart.
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Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not.
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Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else.
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People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.
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All things are already complete in us. There is no greater delight than to be conscious of right within us. If one strives to treat others as he would be treated by them, he shall not fail to come near the perfect life.
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Sincerity is the way to heaven.
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All things are complete within ourselves.
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By exhaustively examining one’s own mind,one may understand his nature. One who understands his own nature understands Heaven.
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To feed men and not to love them is to treat them as if they were barnyard cattle. To love them and not respect them is to treat them as if they were household pets.
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