In abundance prepare for scarcity.
MENCIUSIncessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.
More Mencius Quotes
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If the King loves music, it is well with the land.
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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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Sincerity is the way to heaven; to think how to be sincere is the way of man.
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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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If the prince of a State love benevolence, he will have no opponent in all the empire.
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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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Truth uttered before its time is dangerous.
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The way of truth is like a great highway. It is not hard to find.
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The way of learning is none other than finding the lost mind.
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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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The gap between enthusiasm and indifference is filled with failures. The great man is he that does not lose his child’s heart.
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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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If you know that a thing is unrighteous, then use all dispatch in putting an end to it–why wait till next year?
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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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There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.
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